divisively
In splitting fashion
In a manner that causes disagreement or hostility between groups.
Politicians who govern divisively pit factions against each other rather than seeking common ground.
The issue split the community divisively along racial lines.
Loyalty to one faction
- tribalismIn-group loyalty, out-group hostility
- factionalismDivision into opposing cliques
- hyperpartisanExtremely politically biased
- entrenchmentFortified or fixed position
radicalization · dogmatism · intransigence · sectarianism · groupthink · zero-sum · gerrymandering · ideologically
Formal organizational fracture
- riftCrack or estrangement
- fissureNarrow crack in rock
- cleavageTendency to split cleanly
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
alienation · disunity · splintering · fracturing · balkanization · segregation · factionalism · sectarianism
Angry, prolonged conflict
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
- tensionStretched or strained state
- animosityActive, bitter hostility
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
antagonism · acrimony · bitterness · rancor · enmity · contentiousness · dissension · quarreling
partisanship
Loyalty to one faction
- tribalismIn-group loyalty, out-group hostility
- factionalismDivision into opposing cliques
- hyperpartisanExtremely politically biased
entrenchment · radicalization · dogmatism · intransigence · sectarianism · groupthink · zero-sum · gerrymandering · ideologically · bipartisanship
schism
Formal organizational fracture
estrangement · alienation · disunity · splintering · fracturing · balkanization · segregation · factionalism · sectarianism · separatism
strife
Angry, prolonged conflict
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
- tensionStretched or strained state
- animosityActive, bitter hostility
hostility · antagonism · acrimony · bitterness · rancor · enmity · contentiousness · dissension · quarreling · bickering
divisivelycohesively
In unified manner
inclusively · collectively · harmoniously · together · communally
divisivelycollaboratively
In cooperative partnership
consensually · diplomatically · constructively · agreeably · congenially
divisivelyharmoniously
In pleasing agreement
peaceably · amicably · concordantly · agreeably · peacefully
- divisive topicSubject causing strong disagreement
- divisive speechCommunication that causes conflict