"divisiveness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: divisivenesses [plural]
Etymology: From divisive + -ness. Etymology templates: {{af|en|divisive|-ness}} divisive + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} divisiveness (usually uncountable, plural divisivenesses)
  1. The characteristic of being divisive. Tags: uncountable, usually Related terms: dividedness Translations (the characteristic of being divisive): Trennung (German), Teilung (German), Spaltung (German), Entzweiung (German), Uneinigkeit (German), Gespaltenheit (German), раздорност (razdornost) [feminine] (Macedonian)

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