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polarizing

[ poh-luh-rahy-zing ]

adjective

  1. tending to divide people into sharply opposing factions:

    Here are some tips to keep polarizing political discourse from disrupting your workplace.

  2. causing polarization of light or similar radiation:

    If there is glare, you can use a polarizing filter on the camera to reduce or even remove it.

  3. causing magnetic or electric polarity in a body or system:

    The control system consists of a feedback loop that uses real-time polarizing electric fields as a controlling force.



noun

  1. the act, fact, or practice of dividing people into sharply opposing factions:

    If rational argument fails, he can always fall back on the techniques of mockery and polarizing.

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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of polarizing1

First recorded in 1720–30; polariz(e) ( def ) + -ing 2( def ) for the adjective senses; polariz(e) ( def ) + -ing 1( def ) for the noun sense
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Growing up in Georgia, Kostreva witnessed country music’s polarizing presence — ubiquitous, yet embraced only by those unafraid to claim it openly.

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It repeatedly used language such as “partisan†and “polarizingâ€.

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The former vice president, now dividing her time between an apartment in New York City and her home in Brentwood, remains every bit as polarizing as she was during her truncated White House campaign.

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Did Underwood’s appearance with a polarizing president run counter to that position?

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It’s been fodder for memes, the cold open on “Saturday Night Live†and the predictable polarizing political talking points, but last week’s Oval Office spectacle with President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D.

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