Tending to cause disagreement, conflict, or separation between people or groups.
From Latin 'divisus' (divided) plus '-ive' suffix. 'Divisus' comes from 'dividere' meaning to divide or separate.
Divisive topics become more divisive because social media algorithms show you people who disagree with you most strongly—we've engineered systems that maximize the 'divisive' part of naturally divisive issues.
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