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Definitions for Conflict
[1] to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash: The account of one eyewitness conflicted with that of the other. My class conflicts with my going to the concert.
[2] to fight or contend; do battle.
[3] a fight, battle, or struggle, especially a prolonged struggle; strife.
[4] controversy; quarrel: conflicts between parties.
[5] discord of action, feeling, or effect; antagonism or opposition, as of interests or principles: a conflict of ideas.
[6] a striking together; collision.
[7] incompatibility or interference, as of one idea, desire, event, or activity with another: a conflict in the schedule.
[8] Psychiatry . a mental struggle arising from opposing demands or impulses.
[9] a struggle or clash between opposing forces; battle
[10] a state of opposition between ideas, interests, etc; disagreement or controversy
[11] a clash, as between two appointments made for the same time
[12] psychol opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible wishes or drives, sometimes leading to a state of emotional tension and thought to be responsible for neuroses
[13] to come into opposition; clash
[14] to fight
Words related to Conflict
combat, clash, competition, strife, struggle, battle, rivalry, war, hostility, friction, animosity, difference, dispute, vary, differ, disagree, disturb, contention, contest, engagement
Words nearby Conflict
confiture, conflagrant, conflagration, conflate, conflation, conflict, conflict of interest, conflict of laws, conflicted, conflicting, confluence
Origin of Conflict
1375–1425; late Middle English (noun) < Latin conflīctus a striking together, equivalent to conflīg(ere ) to strike together, contend (con- con- + flīgere to strike) + -tus suffix of v. action; (v.) < Latin conflīctus, past participle of conflīgere, or by v. use of the noun
Other words from Conflict
con·flic·tion , noun
con·flic·tive , con·flic·to·ry [kuh n-flik -tuh -ree] /kənˈflɪk tə ri/ , adjective
non·con·flic·tive , adjective
pre·con·flict , verb (used without object)
pre·con·flict , noun
self-con·flict , noun
un·con·flic·tive , adjective
Word origin for Conflict
C15: from Latin conflictus, from conflīgere to combat, from flīgere to strike
Synonyms for Conflict
battle, clash, combat, competition, rivalry, strife, struggle, war, collision, contention, contest, emulation, encounter, engagement, fracas, fray, set-to, striving, tug-of-war