the difference in attitudes or situation between people in the northern and southern parts of a country. In the US, the south is generally more conservative than the north, while in the UK the north is generally poorer than the south.
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the North-South Divide
noun
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the difference in attitudes or situation between people in the northern and southern parts of a country. In the U.S., the south is generally more conservative than the north, while in the U.K. the north is generally poorer than the south.