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- DictionaryDivide and conquer
- ▪ the policy of maintaining control over one's subordinates or opponents by encouraging dissent between them, thereby preventing them from uniting in opposition
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- Divide and rule
Strategy in politics and sociology for stabilizing anti-democratic, illegitimate rule over people
Divide and rule policy, or divide and conquer, in politics and sociology is gaining and maintaining power divisively. This includes the exploitation of existing divisions within a political group by its political opponents, and also the deliberate creation or strengthening of such divisions. Wikipedia
