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Definition

to separate, align or orient something into opposites — especially to get people to take firmly different opinions

For specialized meanings in physics and chemistry, see the linked Dictionary or Wikipedia article.

It is difficult to reach compromise on such a polarizing issue.

Their campaign strategy is to use this issue to polarize and upset the public so they will vote.
polarize light waves
The atmosphere in Phoenix became more polarized in the years following Stinky's victory.
Joshua Davis -- Spare Parts
Beyond the general anti-media sentiments in the South, the death penalty was particularly polarizing.
Bryan Stevenson -- Just Mercy
At any moment the extremes of feeling might be anti-polarized at the dinner table.
Theodore Dreiser -- Sister Carrie
I reject categorically such polarized thinking.
Gerald R. Ford -- A War That is Finished
You can track every polarizing issue in this country to religion.
Jodi Picoult -- Change of Heart
The sunlight seemed polarized and heavy.
Dan Simmons -- Hyperion
Slightly polarized but good enough.
Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl
Given Walt's need to exert control and Chris's extravagantly independent nature, polarization was inevitable.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)

It gave out no light, properly so called, but a dull and sullen glow without reflection, as if all its rays were polarized.
Edgar Allan Poe -- MS. Found in a Bottle
They wore shiny, textured grayblue suits and wide ties and sported long sideburns and slightly too large brown-tinted polarizing glasses.
Chang-rae Lee -- Native Speaker
In the developing world, however, this difficult, polarizing debate is mostly just a distraction.
Nicholas D. Kristof -- Half the Sky
Somehow, out in space, the light of the sun had been polarized by two crossed fields so that no radiation could pass.
Arthur C. Clarke -- Childhood's End
They're just trying to make us angry, to polarize us.
Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe II
Before Edward's return, my school friends had polarized into two groups.
Stephenie Meyer -- Eclipse
Polarization.
John Howard Griffin -- Black Like Me

THE FIRST EFFECT of the cosmogonic emanations is the framing of the world stage of space; the second is the production of life within the frame: life polarized for self-reproduction under the dual form of the male and female.
Joseph Campbell -- The Hero With a Thousand Faces
He was frightened by the violent turn the struggle had taken, polarizing everyone into two extremes and leaving the center to a flighty, indecisive group that was waiting to see who the winner might be so they could vote for him.
Isabel Allende -- The House of Spirits

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