Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Divisive

Divisive , adjective

[Compare French divisif.]

1.
Indicating division or distribution. — Mede
2.
Creating, or tending to create, division, separation, or difference.
It [culture] is after all a dainty and divisive quality, and can not reach to the depths of humanity. — J. C. Shairp