con·flict

[v. kuhn-flikt; n. kon-flikt]
verb (used without object)
1.
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.
2.
to fight or contend; do battle.
noun
3.
a fight, battle, or struggle, especially a prolonged struggle; strife.
4.
controversy; quarrel: conflicts between parties.
5.
discord of action, feeling, or effect; antagonism or opposition, as of interests or principles: a conflict of ideas.
6.
a striking together; collision.
7.
incompatibility or interference, as of one idea, desire, event, or activity with another: a conflict in the schedule.
8.
Psychiatry. a mental struggle arising from opposing demands or impulses.
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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English (noun) < Latin conflīctus a striking together, equivalent to conflīg(ere) to strike together, contend (con- con- + flīgere to strike) + -tus suffix of v. action; (v.) < Latin conflīctus, past participle of conflīgere, or by v. use of the noun

Related forms
con·flic·tion, noun
con·flic·tive, con·flic·to·ry [kuhn-flik-tuh-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

Synonyms
1. collide, oppose. 3. encounter, siege. See fight. 5. contention, opposition.

Antonyms
4. accord.
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conflict
 
—n
1.  a struggle or clash between opposing forces; battle
2.  a state of opposition between ideas, interests, etc; disagreement or controversy
3.  a clash, as between two appointments made for the same time
4.  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
 
—vb
5.  to come into opposition; clash
6.  to fight
 
[C15: from Latin conflictus, from conflīgere to combat, from flīgere to strike]
 
con'fliction
 
—n
 
con'flictive
 
—adj
 
con'flictory
 
—adj

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conflict
c.1430, from L. conflictus, pp. of confligere "to strike together," from com- "together" + fligere "to strike" (see afflict). The noun also dates from mid-15c. Psychological sense of "incompatible urges in one person" is from 1859 (hence conflicted, pp. adj.); Phrase conflict
of interest was in use by 1743.
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conflict con·flict (kŏn'flĭkt')
n.
A psychic struggle between opposing or incompatible impulses, desires, or tendencies.

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Example sentences
Again, my comments only apply to this brief summation, which may conflict with the full article.
One thing stood out as odd and strangely in conflict with her position as a
  literature professor.
He's remarkably averse to conflict, pruning the toxic people from his life.
Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with or even
  before the conflict itself should cease.
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