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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a divisiveness" is not correct in standard written English.
The term "divisiveness" is typically used as an uncountable noun, so it should not be preceded by the article "a."
Example: "The divisiveness in the community has led to a breakdown in communication."
Alternatives: "division" or "polarization."
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His music bespoke eccentricity, a divisiveness of mind.
With Giuliani, there was a divisiveness I do not want to emulate.
With Koch, a lesser divisiveness, but a divisiveness still, particularly toward the later years of his administration.
"There are some in the Jewish community who very much want to maintain a divisiveness or polarization for their own agenda.
"But I can say he has created in this city a divisiveness, a climate that gives a chance for people who are filled with rage, people who are racist, to strike out against the poor or downtrodden".
But at that moment I could never have imagined what path this issue would take and where it would lead". It led, of course, to a divisiveness which persists in American politics.
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"Right now, in this country there is a lot of dissension and a lot of divisiveness, a lot of issues that we have got to address," he acknowledged.
In her acceptance speech, she said: "Hong Kong, our home, is suffering from quite a serious divisiveness and has accumulated a lot of frustrations.
It is critical for children to view parents as a team, making divisiveness a less attractive strategy employed by the children.
"We're seeing a great deal of divisiveness, a lot of hatred, a lot of tension between ethnic groups, and I think he'd be disappointed.
The labels ushered in a snobbish divisiveness.
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