polarise
Create opposing camps
Polarise is the British spelling of polarize.
To polarise is to divide into opposing groups or extremes: The debate polarised public opinion.
In physics, light or radiation polarises when its waves align in a single plane.
Polarising sunglasses block glare by filtering light waves.
Figuratively, any issue that splits people into camps polarises them.
Barrier separating spaces
- separateTo set apart
- splitSeparation into parts
- cleaveSplit or adhere
- bisectDivide into two equal portions
dichotomize · segment · schism · splinter · bifurcate · fracture · rift · faction
Prolonged public disagreement
- partisanshipLoyalty to one faction
- debateFormal argument on issues
- stanceStanding posture or viewpoint
- ideologyStructured belief framework
contention · disagreement · divisive · contentious · inflammatory · tribalism · faction · extremism
Porous separation device
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- lightVisible electromagnetic radiation
- glareFierce stare or brightness
- sunglassesTinted eye protection
refraction · wave · polaroid · photon · anisotropy · dichroism · scattering · reflection
Strong atomic magnetic alignment
- dipoleSeparated opposite charges
- attractionPull toward something
- repulsionDisgust or pushing-away force
- electromagnetWire-wound magnetic device
lodestone · induction · flux · alignment · poles · magnetosphere · spin · ferrite
partition
Barrier separating spaces
bisect · dichotomize · segment · schism · splinter · bifurcate · fracture · rift · faction · wedge
controversy
Prolonged public disagreement
- partisanshipLoyalty to one faction
- debateFormal argument on issues
- stanceStanding posture or viewpoint
ideology · contention · disagreement · divisive · contentious · inflammatory · tribalism · faction · extremism · radicalize
filter
Porous separation device
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- lightVisible electromagnetic radiation
- glareFierce stare or brightness
sunglasses · refraction · wave · polaroid · photon · anisotropy · dichroism · scattering · reflection · circular
ferromagnetism
Strong atomic magnetic alignment
- dipoleSeparated opposite charges
- attractionPull toward something
- repulsionDisgust or pushing-away force
electromagnet · lodestone · induction · flux · alignment · poles · magnetosphere · spin · ferrite · domain
polariseunify
Combine into a whole
unite · bring together · reconcile · harmonise · heal
polarisemoderate
Lessen intensity or preside
find common ground · depolarise · compromise · temper · centralise
- polarized sunglassesFiltered lenses reducing glare
- polarized lensesLight-filtering eyewear components
- polarizing figureOne who divides opinion
- polarized lensLight filter blocking reflections
- political polarizationExtreme ideological divergence
- polarized glassesEyewear reducing reflected glare
polarization, polarity, polarizing, polarize, polarized, polarizes, polarised, polarisation, polarising