fissiparous

/fɪˈsɪpərəs/
adjective
  1. Tending to break apart or cause division, especially in a group or organization.
    • The committee's fissiparous debates made it impossible to agree on a budget.
    • The political party's fissiparous factions eventually led to a split.
    • Social media can be fissiparous, creating echo chambers that divide communities.
  2. Reproducing by splitting into two or more parts, as some organisms do.
    • The scientist studied fissiparous reproduction in sea stars.
    • Fissiparous organisms can regenerate lost body parts after splitting.
    • Certain flatworms are fissiparous, dividing their bodies to create new individuals.
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