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divisive

adjective as in dissenting

Strongest match

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Mr. Rein implores us to override the divisive reflexes evolution has bequeathed us.

Bass campaign spokesperson Douglas Herman pushed back on the criticism, saying the city needs to “move past divisive attacks.”

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“This has come as a surprise to a market that had felt that the next chapter in the French political saga could only be new and divisive elections,” Turner says.

The horror of these tragedies has roiled a divisive society, but must they now demand a political battleground of opposing memorials?/

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Even so, Coroneos continued, the track has become divisive, leading some listeners to call for a boycott of Bryan’s music, while others are hailing him as a folk hero standing against government overreach.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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