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confrontationist

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con⋅fron⋅ta⋅tion⋅ist

  [kon-fruhn-tey-shuh-nist, -fruhn-]
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–noun
1. a person who confronts opposition, esp. aggressively.
–adjective
2. characteristic of confrontation or confrontationists: confrontationist language.
Origin:
1965–70; confrontation + -ist

Related forms:
con⋅fron⋅ta⋅tion⋅ism, noun
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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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