Causing strong disagreement or division among people.
The politician's polarizing views on immigration sparked heated debates across the country.
Capable of producing or using polarized light, or of inducing polarization.
A polarizing filter reduces glare by blocking certain light waves.
polarizingnoun
The act or process of causing polarization in a physical or social sense.
The polarizing of public opinion intensified during the election campaign.
polarizeverb
To cause something, especially a group or situation, to divide into two opposing groups or sets of opinions or beliefs.
The controversial policy served to polarize the community, with strong opinions on both sides.
To cause light waves to vibrate in a particular pattern or direction.
The special glasses are designed to polarize light, reducing glare and improving visibility.
To give polarity to something; to cause a substance, material, or object to have distinct positive and negative poles, especially by applying an electric or magnetic field.
The strong electric field polarized the dielectric material within microseconds.