conflict
11conflict — conflict, social conflict See competition, economic and social ; conflict theory ; consensus ; industrial conflict ; military and militarism ; power …
12conflict — [kən flikt′; ] for n. [ kän′flikt΄] vi. [ME conflicten < L conflictus, pp. of confligere, to strike together < com , together + fligere, to strike: see INFLICT] 1. Obs. to fight; battle; contend 2. to be antagonistic, incompatible, or… …
13conflict — (v.) early 15c., from L. conflictus, pp. of confligere to strike together, be in conflict, from com together (see COM (Cf. com )) + fligere to strike (see AFFLICT (Cf. afflict)). The noun also dates from early 15c. Psychological sense of… …
14conflict — [n1] fight, warfare battle, clash, collision, combat, competition, contention, contest, emulation, encounter, engagement, fracas, fray, rivalry, set to, strife, striving, struggle, tug ofwar, war; concepts 106,320 Ant. agreement, calm, concord,… …
15conflict — n 1 combat, fight, *contest, affray, fray Analogous words: engagement, *battle, action: *encounter, skirmish, brush: controversy, dispute, *argument 2 strife, contention, dissension, difference, variance, * …
16conflict — Conflict, m. acut. Est le combat et la meslée soit de deux armées, ou d une partie d icelles, que les Latins disent Pugna et Proelium, et vient de ce mot Latin, Conflictus. Selon ce on dit, Il s est retiré du conflict, Proelio abstitit. Liu. lib …
17conflict — ► NOUN 1) a serious disagreement or argument. 2) a prolonged armed struggle. 3) an incompatibility between opinions, principles, etc.: a conflict of interests. ► VERB ▪ be incompatible or at variance with. DERIVATIVES conflictual adjective …
18Conflict — (v. lat.), 1) Zusammenstoßen, Zusammentreffen; 2) Streit, namentlich bei entgegenstehenden Interessen, so zwischen Staaten politischer C., im Drama tragischer C …
19Conflict — lat., Zusammenstoß, Streit …
20conflict — is pronounced with stress on the first syllable as a noun and on the second as a verb …
