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Polarize
polarize
(polarizes, polarizing, polarized) Note: in BRIT, also use 'polarise' If something polarizes people or if something polarizes, two separate groups are formed with opposite opinions or positions. Missile deployment did much to further polarize opinion in Britain... As the car rental industry polarizes, business will go to the bigger companies... VERB: V n, V • polarized Since Independence the electorate has been polarized equally between two parties. ADJ • polarization There is increasing polarization between the blacks and whites in the US. N-UNCOUNT
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verb (-ized; -izing) Etymology: French polariser, from New Latin polaris polar Date: 1811 transitive verb 1. to cause (as light waves) to vibrate in a definite pattern 2. to give physical polarity to 3. to break up into opposing factions or groupings a campaign that ~d the electorate 4. concentrate 1 recreate a cohesive rock community by polarizing…an amorphous, fragmented audience — Ellen Willis intransitive verb to become ~d • polarizability noun • polarizable adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. (also -ise) 1 tr. restrict the vibrations of (a transverse wave, esp. light) to one direction. 2 tr. give magnetic or electric polarity to (a substance or body). 3 tr. reduce the voltage of (an electric cell) by the action of electrolysis products. 4 tr. & intr. divide into two groups of opposing opinion etc. Derivatives polarizable adj. polarization n. polarizer n. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. физ. поляризовать 2. физ. поляризоваться 3. придавать определенное направление the society was polarized toward conservation of natural resources —- общество стало заботиться о сохранении природных богатств 4. делить на противоположные лагери, раскалывать this tactic polarized the political elements into Right and Left camps —- подобная тактика привела к расколу на правых и левых (в политике) 5. разбиваться на два лагеря; разделяться, раскалываться political forces had polarized into right and left extremes —- политические силы сконцентрировались на двух полюсах - правом и левом ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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also -ise BrE v formal to divide into clearly separate groups with opposite beliefs, ideas, or opinions, or to make people do this (a highly controversial issue that has polarized the country | Patterns of political support had become polarized between the north and south.) - polarization n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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