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con⋅fron⋅ta⋅tion

  [kon-fruhn-tey-shuhn, -fruhn-]
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–noun
1. an act of confronting.
2. the state of being confronted.
3. a meeting of persons face to face.
4. an open conflict of opposing ideas, forces, etc.
5. a bringing together of ideas, themes, etc., for comparison.
6. Psychology. a technique used in group therapy, as in encounter groups, in which one is forced to recognize one's shortcomings and their possible consequences.
Origin:
1625–35; confront + -ation; cf. ML confrontātiō, F, MF confrontation
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con·fron·ta·tion   (kŏn'frŭn-tā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act of confronting or the state of being confronted, especially a meeting face to face.

    1. A conflict involving armed forces: a nuclear confrontation.

    2. Discord or a clash of opinions and ideas: an age of ideological confrontation.

  3. A focused comparison: an essay that brought elements of biography, autobiography, and general European history into powerful, meaningful confrontation.

con'fron·ta'tion·al adj., con'fron·ta'tion·ist n.
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