| NOUN | act | conflict, struggle, battle | an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals) |
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| feeling | conflict | opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings | |
| act | conflict, battle, fight, engagement | a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war | |
| state | conflict | a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests | |
| attribute | conflict | an incompatibility of dates or events | |
| relation | conflict | opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot) | |
| communication | conflict, dispute, difference, difference of opinion | a disagreement or argument about something important | |
| VERB | stative | conflict | be in conflict |
| social | conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene | go against, as of rules and laws |
| Sounds | kaa'nflihkt; kahnflih'kt | |
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| Rhymes | addict ... verdict: 24 rhymes with ihkt... | |
| Meaning | An open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals). | |
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| Example | "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine | |
| Synonyms | struggle, battle | |
| Narrower | class struggle, class war, class warfare | conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes) |
| feud | A bitter quarrel between two parties | |
| fight, fighting, combat, scrap | The act of fighting | |
| pacification, counterinsurgency | actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency | |
| rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising | organized opposition to authority | |
| strife | bitter conflict / conflict | |
| tug-of-war | Any hard struggle between equally matched groups | |
| turf war | A bitter struggle for territory or power or control or rights | |
| war, warfare | An active struggle between competing entities | |
| Broader | group action | action taken by a group of people |
| Spanish | batalla, conflicto, lucha, pugna | |
| Catalan | batalla, conflicte, lluita, pugna | |
| Meaning | opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings. | |
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| Example | "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision" | |
| Broader | ambivalence, ambivalency | mixed feelings or emotions |
| Verbs | conflict | be in conflict |
| Meaning | A state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests. | |
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| Examples |
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| Narrower | clash, friction | A state of conflict between persons |
| clash | A state of conflict between colors | |
| disagreement, dissension, dissonance | A conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters | |
| Broader | state | The way something is with respect to its main attributes |
| Spanish | conflicto, enfrentamiento | |
| Catalan | conflicte, enfrontament | |
| Verbs | conflict | go against, as of rules and laws |
| conflict | be in conflict | |
| Meaning | An incompatibility of dates or events. | |
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| Example | "he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings" | |
| Broader | incompatibility | The quality of being unable to exist or work in congenial combination |
| Spanish | discrepancia | |
| Verbs | conflict | be in conflict |
| Meaning | opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot). | |
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| Example | "this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing" | |
| Broader | opposition, oppositeness | The relation between opposed entities |
| Meaning | A disagreement or argument about something important. | |
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| Example | "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats" | |
| Synonyms | dispute, difference, difference of opinion | |
| Narrower | collision | A conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals |
| controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing | A contentious speech act | |
| gap | A difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations | |
| quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup | An angry dispute | |
| Broader | disagreement | The speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing |
| Spanish | diferencia, discusión, disputa, querella, repunta | |
| Catalan | diferència, discussió, disputa, querella | |
| Meaning | Be in conflict. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "The two proposals conflict!" | |
| Narrower | clash, jar, collide | Be incompatible |
| Broader | contrast, counterpoint | To show / show differences when compared |
| Spanish | chocar, luchar | |
| Catalan | lluitar, xocar | |
| Nouns | conflict | an incompatibility of dates or events |
| conflict | opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings | |
| conflict | a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests | |
| Meaning | go against, as of rules and laws. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "This behavior conflicts with our rules" | |
| Synonyms | run afoul, infringe, contravene | |
| Broader | transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break | Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises |
| Spanish | contravenir, infringir | |
| Catalan | infringir | |
| Nouns | conflict | a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests |
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