Synonyms for divisive
dɪˈvaɪ sɪvdi·vi·sive

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1. dissentious, divisive, factiousadjective

   dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)

   Synonyms:
   dissentious, factious

   Antonyms:
   accordant

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1. List of paraphrases for "divisive":

   controversial, splittist

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1. The Post:

   All 133 Virginia public school division superintendents have urged Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) to scrap the ‘tip line’ set up to let parents complain about teachers and principals and have asked him to stop his campaign against the teaching of 'divisive' content in schools.

2. Corey Saylor:

   Trump's rhetoric is a direct threat to American principles. He has mainstreamed anti-Constitutional ideas like banning or surveilling people based on faith, such divisive rhetoric contributes to a toxic environment in which some people take the law into their own hands and attack people of institutions they perceive as Muslim.

3. Joe Biden:

   Mr President, it's long past time you called it out: It's hatred pure and simple fueled by rhetoric that's so divisive it's causing people to die.

4. Jill Kargman:

   [ The President ] was so awful and divisive about New York, saying it's a nightmare or that it's empty, or a has-been, no one here is going to forget that. To even come back here after everything The President -RSB-'s said, it's not going to work.

5. Paula Sherriff:

   It is just so divisive and they need to take some responsibility for some of the behavior that has come as a result of that, is there any wonder that some of the activists are going out and doing the same to us on Twitter?