(~s, polarizing, ~d)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'polarise'
If something ~s people or if something ~s, two separate groups are formed with opposite opinions or positions.
Missile deployment did much to further ~ opinion in Britain...
As the car rental industry ~s, business will go to the bigger companies...
VERB: V n, V
~d
Since Independence the electorate has been ~d equally between two parties.
ADJ
polarization
There is increasing polarization between the blacks and whites in the US.
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