polarizing
Example Sentences
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Booker has long been a visible and sometimes polarizing figure in national politics.
From Salon
I initially viewed this as an ideological reaction, an understandable response to a polarizing figure.
It would require voter ID and proof of citizenship in California elections — another polarizing issue.
From Los Angeles Times
That our message was too loud and too polarizing, and that’s not where the country is anymore.
From Salon
Meantime, he pursues polarizing distractions from his mandate, such as ordering the National Guard into cities that don’t want it and lobbying for indictments of his political opponents.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
