Look up: conflict

1. Conflict
   The struggle between two or more actors leading to a climax.
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2. conflict
   [Noun] Opposition between people or forces.
   Example: There was conflict between the teacher and the students, as the students wanted to leave the lesson early.
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3. Conflict
   fight, struggle
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4. conflict
   [n] - a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests 2. [n] - opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot) 3. [n] - opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings...
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5. Conflict
   Disagreement (which may be either functional or dysfunctional) leading to a power struggle.
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6. conflict
   See resource conflict.
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7. conflict
   the set of rules which matches some data or pattern in the global data base Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • computation and comparison of the predicted flight paths of two or more aircraft for the purpose of determining conflicts(ICAO) Category: Defe...
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8. Conflict
   Con'flict noun [ Latin conflictus a striking together, from confligere , -flictum , to strike together, to fight: confer French conflit , formerly also conflict . See Conflict , v. ]
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9. Conflict
   Con·flict' intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Conflicted ; present participle & verbal noun Conflicting .] [ Latin conflictus , past participle of confligere to...
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10. conflict
    <psychology> The internal individual struggle resulting from incompatible or opposing needs, drives, or external and internal demands. In group interactions, competitive or opposing action of incompatibles: antagonistic state or action (as of divergent ideas, interests, or persons). ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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11. conflict
    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`
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12. conflict
    noun an incompatibility of dates or events; `he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings`
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13. conflict
    noun opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings; `he was immobilized by conflict and indecision`
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14. conflict
    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`
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15. conflict
    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`
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16. conflict
    verb be in conflict; `The two proposals conflict!`
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17. conflict
    contravene verb go against, as of rules and laws; `He ran afoul of the law`; `This behavior conflicts with our rules`
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18. Conflict
    • (v. i.) To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or opposition; to struggle. • (v. i.) To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision; to collide. • (v.) A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting. • (v. i.) To be in oppositio...
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19. conflict
    (from the article `social change`) Group conflict has often been viewed as a basic mechanism of social change, especially of those radical and sudden social transformations identified ... ...which an individual learns the culture of his group. Norms contribute to the functioning of the social system and are said to develop to meet ... ...
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20. conflict
    in psychology, the arousal of two or more strong motives that cannot be solved together. A youngster, for example, may want to go to a dance to feel ... [2 related articles]
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21. conflict
    The backbone on which a story, play, novel etc. is built. Conflict means struggle of ideas, persons, interests, values and so on. Usually a conflict develops by stages which can be analysed: a conflict arises, reaches a climax, and may be resolved at the end.
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22. Conflict
    The psychological phenomenon of struggle between competing ideas, emotions or tendencies to action. J. F. Herbart (Lehrbuch der Psychologie, 1816) enunciated a doctrine of conflict of ideas in accordance with which ideas opposed to the mind's dominant ideas are submerged below the threshold of consc...
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23. Conflict
    In the story-line of a film, performing art or literature, the struggle that arises between two in opposition. The conflicts can arise between a single individual and their self, one individual and another, one person and a group, two groups, or two forces. Several of these conflicts can appear in t...
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24. Conflict
    Conflict are a British-based anarchist organisation primarily directed by Colin Jerwood, mainly known for their musical statements. Conflict were formed in 1980, with an isolated approach to other sympathetic groups and individuals which contributed to their inactivity during the later 1990s. Howeve...
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25. conflict
    Type: Term Pronunciation: kon′flikt Definitions: 1. Tension or stress experienced by an organism when satisfaction of a need, drive, motive, or wish is thwarted by the presence of other attractive or unattractive needs, drives, or motives.
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