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| dissentive(adjective, progressive, pragmatic, heterodox) | |
| divided | |
| divisive | |
| doubted | |
| emotional(sensitive, poignant) | |
| eristical | |
| far from certain(expression, idiom, questionable, debatable) | |
| fractious(problematic, argumentative, quarrelsome) | |
| freethinking(adjective, progressive, pragmatic, heterodox) | |
| hard | |
| heartwarming(sensitive, poignant) | |
| heretical(adjective, progressive, pragmatic, heterodox) | |
| heterodox(adjective, progressive, pragmatic) | |
| hostile(argumentative, quarrelsome, sectarian, schismatic, divisive) | |
| hotheaded(contrary, argumentative) | |
| iconoclastic(adjective, progressive, pragmatic, heterodox) | |
| ideological(adjective, progressive, pragmatic, heterodox) | |
| idolatrous(adjective, progressive, pragmatic, heterodox) | |
| impassioned(sensitive, poignant) | |
| impious(adjective, progressive, pragmatic, heterodox) |
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