causing people to be split into groups that disagree with or oppose each other He believes that unemployment is socially divisive. see divide
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adverb
noun [uncountable] The minister disliked the divisiveness of rich and poor children going to different schools.See divisive in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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