polarizes
Creates opposing camps
Polarizes means to divide into sharply opposing groups or positions.
Political issues polarize voters; controversial statements polarize public opinion.
The debate polarized the community into hostile camps.
In physics, to polarize light is to restrict its vibrations to a single plane.
Polarizing sunglasses reduce glare by filtering light waves.
Formal argumentative exchanges
- controversiesProlonged public disagreements
- contentiousInclined toward disagreement
- disputesClashes over differing positions
- disagreementsFailures to concur
clashes · hot-button · inflammatory · divisive · partisan · ideological · provocative · incendiary
Separates into parts
- splitsDivides into parts
- separatesDivides into portions
- fracturesBreaks in rigid material
- alienatesCauses emotional withdrawal
estranges · cleaves · bifurcates · segments · splinters · schism · rift · wedge
Outermost ends of range
- oppositesTerms with contrary meanings
- binaryConsisting of two parts
- dichotomyDivision into contrasting parts
- black-and-whiteWithout color gradations
either-or · antithesis · stark · positions · spectrum · ends · poles · intensifies
Visible electromagnetic radiation
- filtersSelective passage barriers
- lensesCurved transparent refractors
- sunglassesTinted eye protection
- glareFierce stare or brightness
waves · optical · reflection · photons · dichroic · polaroid · anisotropic · transverse
debates
Formal argumentative exchanges
- controversiesProlonged public disagreements
- contentiousInclined toward disagreement
- disputesClashes over differing positions
disagreements · clashes · hot-button · inflammatory · divisive · partisan · ideological · provocative · incendiary · flashpoint
divides
Separates into parts
alienates · estranges · cleaves · bifurcates · segments · splinters · schism · rift · wedge · factions
extremes
Outermost ends of range
- oppositesTerms with contrary meanings
- binaryConsisting of two parts
- dichotomyDivision into contrasting parts
black-and-white · either-or · antithesis · stark · positions · spectrum · ends · poles · intensifies · sharpens
light
Visible electromagnetic radiation
- filtersSelective passage barriers
- lensesCurved transparent refractors
- sunglassesTinted eye protection
glare · waves · optical · reflection · photons · dichroic · polaroid · anisotropic · transverse · oriented
polarizesmoderates
Reduces intensity or extremity
balances · tempers · neutralizes · equalizes · homogenizes
- 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, polarizing, polarize, polarized, depolarize, polarizer, depolarized, depolarizing