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[ adjective ] dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
Synonyms Used in print (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)The race_problem has tended to obscure other , less emotional , issues which may fundamentally be even more divisive . (Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)As the historic processes of modernization gradually gain momentum , their cohesion will be threatened by divisive forces , the gaps between rulers and subjects , town and country , will widen ; new aspirants for power will emerge whose ambitions far exceed their competence ; old rulers may lose their nerve and their sense_of_direction . Related terms |
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