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con⋅fron⋅ta⋅tion⋅al

  [kon-fruhn-tey-shuh-nl, -fruhn-]
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–adjective
tending toward or ready for confrontation: They came to the meeting with a confrontational attitude.
Also, con⋅fron⋅ta⋅tive  [kon-fruhn-tey-tiv, kuhn-fruhn-tuh-] .

Origin:
confrontation + -al 1
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con·front   (kən-frŭnt')   
v.   con·front·ed, con·front·ing, con·fronts

v.   tr.

  1. To come face to face with, especially with defiance or hostility: I wish to confront my accuser in a court of law.

  2. To bring face to face with: The defendant was confronted with incontrovertible evidence of guilt.

  3. To come up against; encounter: confronted danger at every turn.

v.   intr.
To engage in confrontation: "She got no child support. [She] didn't argue or confront" (Gail Sheehy).

[French confronter, from Old French, to adjoin, from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre : Latin com-, com- + Latin frōns, front-, front.]
con·front'er n., con·front'ment n., con'fron·ta'tive adj.
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