Both Uses of
divisive
in
John Adams by McCullough
- "Of the potentially divisive threats to "the more perfect union," none surpassed slavery.†
Subsection 3.8.1
- Like Washington and many others, Adams had become increasingly distraught over the rise of political divisiveness, the forming of parties or factions.†
Subsection 3.8.3 *
Definition:
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(divisive) causing disagreement and often ill-will between people