Polarisation

Though, I imagine it might necessary to contextualise that – ie what polarisation is occurring that’s resulted in increased violence against trans people .. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The polarisation is by no means total: Oxford’s alumni include the reformer John Wyclif and the father of economics Adam Smith, while ours include the Prime Minister Charles Grey, who abolished slavery and passed the Great Reform Bill. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They go to Macedonia, kill a few cops, the Macedonian police reacts and before you know it you have a polarisation were the Albanians are like one man behind separatist demands. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This is an illustration of what is called polarisation of light. ❋ Lord Kelvin (1909)

That the energy in any part of the medium is stored up in the form of a constraint called polarisation, dependent on the resultant electromotive force (the difference of potentials between two conductors) at the place. ❋ Various (1909)

I've been recognising this "polarisation" effect since 2005/6. ❋ Clive Shepherd (2007)

"The way in which we have dealt with this in society does not reflect well on us and the kind of polarisation on this issue leaves much to be desired." ❋ Unknown (2005)

"Yet if the media insists on taking sides and on false reporting then they must accept full responsibility for the conflict, distrust and polarisation which is sure to follow," ❋ Unknown (1993)

The former talked utter nonsense about the "harmony of nature" produced by "polarisation," alike in "rocks, plants and animals," etc.etc. etc. ❋ James Marchant (N/A)

If, later in life, I have been charmed by Mount Hermon, and the sunheated slopes of the Anti-Lebanon, it is due to the polarisation which is the law of love and which leads us to seek out our opposites. ❋ Renan, Ernest, 1823-1892 (1897)

Gauss and Steinheil had priority in this device which, owing to 'polarisation' of the plates and to drought, is not reliable. ❋ John Munro (1889)

The Narendra Modi government has set up a commission to inquire into the changes in demographic patterns in Gujarat since independence, and identify the reasons behind the "polarisation" and migration of population. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In relation to the first point, some would contest the very idea of "polarisation", given that this is no easy thing to find in Brazilian politics. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This kind of polarisation - hierachy bad, rebels good - does nothing to help the cause of unity.

"Income divergence helps to explain another kind of polarisation taking place in the world system, between a zone of peace and a zone of turmoil. ❋ Unknown (2004)

In the aftermath of the riots, in June 2001, I visited a primary school project – set up before the trouble flared – that aimed to stop the polarisation of communities. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The study, by Simon Burgess and Rich Harris of Bristol University's centre for market and public organisation, finds that this polarisation has changed little over the past nine years. ❋ Unknown (2011)

❋ Anonymous (2003)