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divisive

adjective as in dissenting

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While some find annual celebrations wonderful, studies show that for many Americans, they can be stressful, isolating and depressing – especially in these divisive times.

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He said there needed to be more focus on "fairness, compassion and justice", adding he was worried about the impact of increasingly divisive rhetoric.

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Hundreds of Spanish fascists marched through Madrid on Friday, a day after the country marked the 50th anniversary of divisive right-wing former dictator Francisco Franco's death.

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Lunday said the reports of labeling swastikas and nooses as divisive were “categorically false.”

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Timeless but timely, pure and apt for this fraught and divisive time in history.

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