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Divisive vs Derision - What's the difference?

divisive | derision |

As an adjective divisive

is having a quality that divides or separates.

As a noun derision is

derision.

divisive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having a quality that divides or separates
    • Rather than fostering unity, he becomes divisive .

    Antonyms

    * combinative

    derision

    English

    Noun

  • Act of treating with disdain.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=December 15 , author=Felicity Cloake , title=How to cook the perfect nut roast , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage=One of the darlings of the early vegetarian movement (particularly in its even sadder form, the cutlet), it was on the menu at John Harvey Kellogg's Battle Creek Sanitarium [sic], and has since become the default Sunday option for vegetarians – and a default source of derision for everyone else.}}
  • * 1969 , , The Godfather :
    • There was just a touch of derision in the Don's voice and Hagen flushed.

    Related terms

    * deride * derider * ridicule * ridiculous * ridiculosity

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