The phrase "a divisive area" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a topic, issue, or region that causes disagreement or conflict among people.
Example: "The debate over climate change policies has become a divisive area in contemporary politics."
Alternatives: "a contentious topic" or "a polarizing issue".
The survey results made it clear that the president was wading into a divisive area of American life, one that may not top the nation's priority list but still has the potential to hurt him at the margins in elections in November.
But Thursday's order put the ideological divide among the justices in stark contrast, with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito publicly dissenting -- and providing a sense that the death penalty is still a divisive area for the Supreme Court.
"We are not a divisive country.
Family planning is notoriously one of the most politicised and divisive areas in development, touching on a range of contentious issues: sex, population, religion, gender equality, to name a few.
If any initiatives are announced in Bratislava, they are likely to be in other less divisive areas such as better co-operation on counter-terrorism and perhaps some small steps in integrating European security and defence policy.
In other, more divisive areas, the best we may hope for is that Republicans and Democrats keep trying to find common ground.
From winning New York's 'street fight', to dealing with a divisive debate about pedestrian areas in central Paris and compromise in the face of backlash against parklets in Australian towns, the role of leadership is crucial in turning good urban design policy ideas into reality.
Forming a new city is often a divisive process, splitting neighbors in areas like Dana Point and Laguna Niguel, where the boundaries of their future towns are being hotly debated.
Halloween events in the park area, known as the "Mardi Gras of the Pacific", have long been a divisive issue between Maui County and the Cultural Resources Commission.
He is a divisive character.
