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conflict::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | contravene, infringe, run afoul |
| Type of | go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate, breach, break |
This behavior conflicts with our rules.
conflict::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | battle, struggle |
| Type of | group action |
| Has types | counterinsurgency, fighting, feud, insurrection, fight, pacification, combat, class warfare, rebellion, revolt, rising, class war, class struggle, scrap, strife, tug-of-war, turf war, uprising, war, warfare |
the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph.
conflict::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | battle, engagement, fight |
| Type of | military action, action |
| Has types | dogfight, pitched battle, armed combat, assault, naval battle, armageddon, combat |
conflict::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | difference, difference of opinion, dispute |
| Type of | disagreement |
| Has types | gap, words, arguing, argument, dustup, wrangle, tilt, run-in, row, quarrel, collision, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation |
the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats.
conflict::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | state |
| Has types | dissonance, clash, dissension, disagreement, friction |
his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post.
a conflict of loyalties.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | contrast, counterpoint |
| Has types | jar, clash, collide |
The two proposals conflict!.
conflict::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | ambivalence, ambivalency |
he was immobilized by conflict and indecision.
conflict::noun | Spocien Dictionary
opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | opposition, oppositeness |
this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing.
Examples of conflicts
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These rules exist in order to prohibit real and perceived conflicts of interest.
From the timesunion.com
The sea border has long been a source of armed conflicts between the two Koreas.
From the upi.com
Their webs of intertangling relationships set them up for conflicts of interest.
From the businessweek.com
Conflicts like these are playing out with alarming frequency around the country.
From the businessweek.com
I do think there are conflicts of interest based on opposing ideologies at play.
From the forbes.com
It actually conflicts with earlier data that were not included in the modelling.
From the scoop.co.nz
Adam Przeworski pointed out that democracy is a contingent outcome of conflicts.
From the scoop.co.nz
What about potential conflicts of interest with his friend's business interests?
From the guardian.co.uk
It can rule on cases where Scottish law conflicts with human rights legislation.
From the independent.co.uk
- Be in conflict; "The two proposals conflict!"
- 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"
- Go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules"
- Opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings; "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision"
- Battle: a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
- A state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests; "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"; "a conflict of loyalties"
- Conflict is actual or perceived opposition of needs, values and interests. A conflict can be internal (within oneself) to individuals. ...
- Conflict is a 1936 film based on a novel by Jack London and a silent movie both titled "The Abysmal Brute". The film stars John Wayne, Ward Bond and Jean Rogers.
- Conflict (1945) is a black-and-white suspense film noir made by Warner Brothers. It was directed by Curtis Bernhardt, produced by William Jacobs with Jack L. Warner as executive producer from a screenplay by Arthur T. ...
