Conflict word meaning and definition
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Click here if you Hate scroll, Show all | Too long, show scroll[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] a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats"
[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] go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afould of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules"
[verb] be in conflict; "The two proposals conflict!"
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\Con*flict"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Conflicted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Conflicting}.] [L. conflictus, p. p. of confligere to conflict (cf. conflictare); con- + fligere to strike; cf. Gr. fli`bein, qli`bein, to press, L. flagrum whip.] 1. To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision; to collide. --Shak. Fire and water conflicting together. --Bacon. 2. To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or opposition; to struggle. A man would be content to . . . conflict with great difficulties, in hopes of a mighty reward. --Abp. Tillotson. 3. To be in opposition; to be contradictory. The laws of the United States and of the individual States may, in some cases, conflict with each other. --Wheaton. Syn: To fight; contend; contest; resist; struggle; combat; strive; battle.
Synonyms for conflict
battle, contravene, difference, difference of opinion, dispute, engagement, fight, infringe, run afoul, struggle
See also: armed combat | assault | Battle of Britain | clash | class war | class warfare | counterinsurgency | dissonance | dustup | feud | fight | fighting | incompatibility | jar | military action | oppositeness | quarrel | rebellion | revolt | words |
Related terms: ambivalence, ambivalence of impulse, antagonize, beat against, be opposed to, clash, combat, competition, concours, contradict, counterpose, decompensation, dissent, divaricate from, fighting, fracas, inaccordance, naval combat, obstinacy, oppositeness, oppugn, oppugnance, passage of arms, perverseness, pitched battle, polarity, rencontre, rivalry, traumatism, unstring
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Let's analyse "conflict" as pure text. This string has Eight letters in Two syllables and Two vowels. 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: TCILFNOC. Average typing speed for these characters is 2135 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
conflict: 6 + 9 = 15, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six. |
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