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polarizing

[ poh-luh-rahy-zing ]

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adjective

tending to divide people into sharply opposing factions:
Here are some tips to keep polarizing political discourse from disrupting your workplace.
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.
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

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 Word Forms

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Word 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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Meanwhile, Neuheisel thinks there’s a possibility the polarizing Sanders, who skipped throwing drills at the scouting combine, could tumble down the board a bit.

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There's a range of reasons why she's so polarizing, and Meghan doesn't have the phalanx of sympathetic insiders in the press that the Windsors do.

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Gwyneth Paltrow and Taylor Swift — two women just as polarizing as Lively — both masterfully made their points by winning lawsuits with awarded damages of just one dollar.

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That nail-biter, like this one, uses violence to argue for nonviolence while dodging any polarizing specifics about why our country is bleeding.

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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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