The phrase "a false divide between" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a misleading or artificial distinction between two concepts, ideas, or groups.
Example: "The argument creates a false divide between science and religion, suggesting they cannot coexist."
Alternatives: "an artificial separation between" or "a misleading distinction between".
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The former poet laureate Andrew Motion has hit out at this year's judges of the Man Booker prize for creating what he calls a "false divide" between highbrow literature and accessible books.
Critics of mainstream human rights discourse take issue with narratives of progress, which suggest a false divide between historical periods of "evil" and post-conflict periods that have transitioned to democracy.
Rationale for including the CAM program: It's a false divide between the body and the mind which has been the historical way that trauma has been seen.
The judges' focus on "readability" has provoked strong criticism from Motion, a trustee of the prize and former chair of judges, who said it "opens up a completely false divide between what is high end and what is readable, as if they are somehow in opposition to one other, which is patently not true".
But this is a false divide -- a schism borne out of the tension between pervasive rape culture and desperation.
"It has been a false divide for many years," she said.
Last week, world leaders had a unique opportunity to bridge the false divide between human rights, development and environmental protection when they met in Brazil at the Rio+20 UN conference on sustainable development.
Yet instead of debating how to build a better public media system, we're stuck with a rotting commercial one that would rather help the likes of Palin whip up a frenzy and play up the false divide between left and right.
