inflammatory rhetoric
- incendiaryCausing or designed for burning
- provocativeMeant to provoke response
- divisiveCausing sharp disagreement
- hatefulArousing strong dislike
- fieryIntensely hot or passionate
toxic · vitriol · demagoguery · fearmongering · agitation · polarizing · rabble-rousing · bombastic · hostile · venomous · charged · extremist · propaganda · bile · invective · scorching · antagonistic · belligerent
- emotional rhetoricpathos, emotional appeal, appeals to emotion, loaded language, loaded words
- fearmongeringscaremongering, fearmongering, scare tactics, fear tactics, alarmism
- political tacticscampaigning, gerrymandering, filibuster, campaigns, voter suppression