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conflict
[ verb kuhn-flikt; noun kon-flikt ]
verb (used without object)
- to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash:
The account of one eyewitness conflicted with that of the other. My class conflicts with my going to the concert.
Synonyms: ,
- to fight or contend; do battle.
noun
- a fight, battle, or struggle, especially a prolonged struggle; strife.
Synonyms: ,
- controversy; quarrel:
conflicts between parties.
Antonyms:
- discord of action, feeling, or effect; antagonism or opposition, as of interests or principles:
a conflict of ideas.
Synonyms: ,
- a striking together; collision.
- incompatibility or interference, as of one idea, desire, event, or activity with another:
a conflict in the schedule.
- Psychiatry. a mental struggle arising from opposing demands or impulses.
conflict
noun
- a struggle or clash between opposing forces; battle
- a state of opposition between ideas, interests, etc; disagreement or controversy
- a clash, as between two appointments made for the same time
- psychol opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible wishes or drives, sometimes leading to a state of emotional tension and thought to be responsible for neuroses
verb
- to come into opposition; clash
- to fight
Derived Forms
- DzˈڱپDz, noun
- Dzˈڱپ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- Dz·ڱ·پDz noun
- Dz·ڱ·پ Dz·ڱ·ٴ· [k, uh, n-, flik, -t, uh, -ree], adjective
- non·Dz·ڱ·پ adjective
- ·Dz·ڱ verb (used without object)
- ·Dz·ڱ noun
- -Dz·ڱ noun
- un·Dz·ڱ·پ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of conflict1
Word History and Origins
Origin of conflict1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
On Wednesday, Mr Adams, under questioning from his own legal team, spoke about the outset of the Northern Ireland Troubles, when "the entire situation moved from a civil rights struggle to a conflict situation".
Current conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East show these laws and treaties still aren’t effective.
Think of “incivility” as the fairly common, routine disagreements or conflicts we all experience most days: being talked over, having an idea dismissed, inadvertently touching on a sensitive subject.
She has refrained from voting on certain Paramount matters related to the company’s sale due to a conflict of interest.
According to a 2020 Kurdistan parliamentary report, thousands have been forced off their land and whole villages have been emptied out by the conflict.
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