The outburst of new oracles may be compared, perhaps, to the fissiparous tendencies of Protestantism in some countries, at each fresh revival of religious excitement.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
The first and last article of their creed is unity: the most grinding and crushing tyranny of a convention, a directory, or a despot, is less incompatible with republican faith than the fissiparous democracy of disunionists or communalists.
"Poems & Ballads (First Series)"
Algernon Charles Swinburne
All error is what physiologists term fissiparous, and in exterminating one false opinion you may be hindering the growth of an uncounted brood of false opinions.
"On Compromise"
John Morley