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Definition of Divisive
1. Adjective. Dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion).
Definition of Divisive
1. a. Indicating division or distribution.
Definition of Divisive
1. Adjective. Having a quality that divides or separates ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Divisive
1. causing disunity or dissension [adj]
Medical Definition of Divisive
1. 1. Indicating division or distribution. 2. Creating, or tending to create, division, separation, or difference. "It [culture] is after all a dainty and divisive quality, and can not reach to the depths of humanity." (J. C. Shairp) Divi"sively, Divi"siveness. Origin: Cf. F. Divisif. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Divisive
Literary usage of Divisive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Logic by Christoph Sigwart (1895)
"§57- Inference from a divisive JUDGMENT, which some logicians have called inductive
inference, cannot lead to an unconditionally universal judgment when the ..."
2. Growth of Nationality in the United States: A Social Study by John Bascom (1899)
"Not only had the original emigration been much affected by divisive forces in
English society; not only had the very fact of emigration intensified these ..."
3. California and Affirmative Action: Hearing Before the Committee on the by United States. (1999)
"Do we not believe it was divisive when those from an earlier period said that
... Was it not divisive when our nation's people fought among themselves over ..."
4. Equality by Edward Bellamy (1897)
"capital remained in private hands, was a divisive intluence tending to destroy
that public spirit which is the breath of life in a democracy—became the most ..."
5. Christian Unity: Its Principles and Possibilities by Charles Fletcher Dole (1921)
"... VI divisive AND UNITIVE FORCES IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH PRIOR TO THE AMERICAN
PERIOD I. THE APOSTOLIC PERIOD The early Christians were a community of men ..."
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