Look up: conflict

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   Conflict
   The struggle between two or more actors leading to a climax.
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   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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   Conflict
   fight, struggle
   Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/sch
   
   
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   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 4. [n] - an incompatibility of dates or events 5. [n] - an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals) 6. [v] - be in conflict 7. [v] - go against, as of rules and laws
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   Conflict
   Disagreement (which may be either functional or dysfunctional) leading to a power struggle.
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   conflict
   See resource conflict.
   Found on http://www.micro2000uk.co.uk/hardware_gl
   
   
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   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: Defense • the discovery of a conflict as a result of a conflict search(ICAO) Category: Defen...
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   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. ] 1. A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves. 2. A strife for the mastery; hosti ...
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   Conflict
   Con·flict' intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Conflicted ; present participle & verbal noun Conflicting .] [ Latin conflictus , past participle of confligere to conflict (cf. conflictare ); con- + fligere to strike; confer Greek fli`bein , qli`bein , to press, La ...
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    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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    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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    conflict
    noun an incompatibility of dates or events; `he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings`
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    conflict
    noun opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings; `he was immobilized by conflict and indecision`
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    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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    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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    conflict
    verb be in conflict; `The two proposals conflict!`
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    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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    Conflict
    `Conflict` is a state of discord caused by the actual or perceived opposition of needs, values and interests between people. Conflict as a concept can help explain many aspects of social life, such as social disagreement, conflicts of interests, and fight between individuals, groups, or organizations. In political terms, `conflict` can refer to wars, revolutions or other struggles, which may involve the use of force as in the term armed conflic...
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    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 opposition; to be contradictory. • (v.) A striking or ...
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    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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    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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    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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    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 consciousness. The doctrine of conflict has been reviv...
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