divisive
adjective
- separate, separated; suffering disunity, causing separation
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /dɪˈvaɪsɪv/ / /dɪˈvɪzɪv/ / /dɪˈvɪsɪv/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dīvīsīvusbor. English divisive Borrowed from Latin dīvīsīvus.
- Having a quality that divides or separates.
“Rather than fostering unity, he becomes divisive.”
“[W]hat a change has introduced itself everywhere into human affairs! [...] all is grown acrid, divisive, threatening dissolution; [...]”