divisiveness
a tendency to provoke dissension or discord:He called for an end to the divisiveness among council members, imploring them to unite and work together for the betterment of the city.Immigration bills are particularly difficult to pass because of the divisiveness of the issue.
Origin of divisiveness
1Other words from divisiveness
- non·di·vi·sive·ness, noun
- sem·i·di·vi·sive·ness, noun
- un·di·vi·sive·ness, noun
Words Nearby divisiveness
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How to use divisiveness in a sentence
Consumer masks could soon come with labels saying how well they workProper education about how to wear masks and how efficient they can be has been hampered by the divisiveness over policies that require them.
Inconclusive results, missing data: Experts push back on a study questioning the efficacy of masks | Meryl Kornfield | November 20, 2020 | Washington PostDespite its divisiveness, “American Dirt” became a bestseller while sparking conversations about who gets to tell which stories.
Considering the current level of divisiveness, especially about the pandemic, if Parton doesn’t assume that task, whoever does is going to need Dolly Parton-level mass appeal.
Of course Dolly Parton helped fund the Moderna vaccine | Claire Zillman, reporter | November 18, 2020 | FortunePolitical conversations leading up to the election have been rich in disinformation and divisiveness, with online campaigns often pitting Jewish Americans against other groups of voters—especially other racial and ethnic minorities.
It’s 2020 and anti-Semitism is an electoral tactic again | Tate Ryan-Mosley | November 2, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewInstead, this triggered a degree of divisiveness the likes of which I’ve never seen.
State and local leaders order new restrictions amid autumn’s coronavirus surge | Joel Achenbach, Karin Brulliard | October 29, 2020 | Washington Post
He hopes it will stand as a counterpoint to the divisiveness of extremism.
Inside North America’s First Islamic Art Museum | Shinan Govani | September 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNew rhetoric and a softer tone, without the divisiveness of new policies.
Bobby Jindal Gives Up, Joins the 'Stupid Party' | Jamelle Bouie | February 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAny president must be a consensus-builder and this one has an understandable fear of divisiveness.
This is not quite breaking news, of course, but it does inject a note of dramatic divisiveness into an otherwise tepid candidacy.
Over time, such political divisiveness tends to wax and wane.
But just because divisiveness is natural, it does not follow that nothing can be done to keep men together.
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