scheme to sow discord; alienation tactic
Refers to a deliberate plan or strategy to create division, often used in political, diplomatic, or organizational contexts.
They set up a scheme to sow discord between the enemy nations.
The politician tried to split the party by using alienation tactics.
Compound of 離間 (estrangement, alienation) and 策 (plan, scheme). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common Sino-Japanese compounding pattern.