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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.
- to fight or contend; do battle.
noun
- a fight, battle, or struggle, especially a prolonged struggle; strife.
- controversy; quarrel:
conflicts between parties.
Antonyms: accord
- discord of action, feeling, or effect; antagonism or opposition, as of interests or principles:
a conflict of ideas.
Synonyms: opposition, contention
- 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
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Derived Forms
- conˈfliction, noun
- conˈflictive, adjective
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Other Words From
- con·flic·tion noun
- con·flic·tive con·flic·to·ry [k, uh, n-, flik, -t, uh, -ree], adjective
- non·con·flic·tive adjective
- pre·con·flict verb (used without object)
- pre·con·flict noun
- self-con·flict noun
- un·con·flic·tive adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of conflict1
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English (noun), from Latin conflīctus “a striking together,” equivalent to conflīg(ere) “to strike together, contend” ( con- con- + flīgere “to strike”) + -tus suffix of verb action; (verb) from Latin conflīctus, past participle of conflīgere, or by verb use of the noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of conflict1
C15: from Latin conflictus, from conflīgere to combat, from flīgere to strike
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Synonym Study
See fight.
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