Conflict

['kɒnflɪkt] or ['kɑnflɪkt]

Definition

(noun.) an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); 'the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph'--Thomas Paine; 'police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs'.

(noun.) an incompatibility of dates or events; 'he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings'.

(noun.) opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings; 'he was immobilized by conflict and indecision'.

(noun.) opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot); 'this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing'.

(noun.) a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests; 'his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post'; 'a conflict of loyalties'.

(verb.) be in conflict; 'The two proposals conflict!'.

(verb.) go against, as of rules and laws; 'He ran afoul of the law'; 'This behavior conflicts with our rules'.

Edited by Laurence--From WordNet

Definition

(v.) A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves.

(v.) A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting.

(v. i.) To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision; to collide.

(v. i.) To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or opposition; to struggle.

(v. i.) To be in opposition; to be contradictory.

Typist: Nicholas

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. Clash, be contrary, be opposed.

n. Struggle, encounter, contest, combat, battle, fight, collision, strife in arms.

Checker: Nanette

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Encounter, engagement, contest, battle, fight, combat

ANT:Reconciliation, pacification, amity, arbitration

Typist: Shelby

Definition

n. violent collision: a struggle or contest: a battle: a mental struggle.—v.i. Conflict′ to fight: contend: to be in opposition: to clash.—adj. Conflict′ing clashing: contradictory.—n. Conflic′tion.—adj. Conflict′ive tending to conflict.

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