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divisive

adjective as in dissenting

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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.

Hungary's nationalist leader Orban has been at loggerheads with Brussels since his return to power in 2010 over what the EU says is his undermining of democratic institutions and divisive foreign policy stance.

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Apple, like many networks, treads very carefully around topics that could be divisive.

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

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