conflict
Meaning
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- A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.
- An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.
Synonyms
be contrary
be quarrelsome
knock into
run counter to
fighting each other
be incompatible
be inconsistent
armed fighting
at odds with
fail to harmonize
frictior
be mutually opposed
mutual discrepancy
to be incompatible
to come into collision
come into collision
not find agreement
be at odds with
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɒn.flɪkt/
Etymology
From Latin conflictus, past participle of confligere (“to strike together”), from com- (“together”) (a form of con-) + fligere (“to strike”).
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