'Conflict' definitions:
Definition of 'conflict'
(from WordNet)
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" [syn: conflict, struggle, battle]
noun
Opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings; "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision"
noun
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" [syn: battle, conflict, fight, engagement]
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"
noun
An incompatibility of dates or events; "he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings"
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"
noun
A disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats" [syn: dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict]
verb
Be in conflict; "The two proposals conflict!"
verb
Go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules" [syn: conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene]
Definition of 'Conflict'
From: GCIDE
- Conflict \Con*flict"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Conflicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Conflicting.] [L. conflictus, p. p. of confligere to conflict (cf. conflictare); con- + fligere to strike; cf. Gr. fli`bein, qli`bein, to press, L. flagrum whip.]
- 1. To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision; to collide. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Fire and water conflicting together. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or opposition; to struggle. [1913 Webster]
- A man would be content to . . . conflict with great difficulties, in hopes of a mighty reward. --Abp. Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To be in opposition; to be contradictory. [1913 Webster]
- The laws of the United States and of the individual States may, in some cases, conflict with each other. --Wheaton.
- Syn: To fight; contend; contest; resist; struggle; combat; strive; battle. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Conflict'
From: GCIDE
- Conflict \Con"flict\, n. [L. conflictus a striking together, fr. confligere, -flictum, to strike together, to fight: cf. F. conflit, formerly also conflict. See Conflict, v.]
- 1. A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting. [1913 Webster]
- As soon as he [Atterbury] was himself again, he became eager for action and conflict. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- An irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces. --W. H. Seward. [1913 Webster]
- Conflict of laws, that branch of jurisprudence which deals with individual litigation claimed to be subject to the conflicting laws of two or more states or nations; -- often used as synonymous with Private international law.
- Syn: Contest; collision; struggle; combat; strife; contention; battle; fight; encounter. See Contest. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'conflict'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- action,
- aerial combat,
- affray,
- agree to disagree,
- altercation,
- ambivalence,
- ambivalence of impulse,
- antagonism,
- antagonize,
- antipathy,
- antithesis,
- argument,
- argumentation,
- armored combat,
- backlash,
- bad blood,
- battle,
- battle royal,
- be antipathetic,
- be at cross-purposes,
- be at variance,
- be distinct,
- be distinguished,
- be inimical,
- be opposed to,
- beat against,
- belligerence,
- bickering,
- brawl,
- break,
- break off,
- brush,
- bullfight,
- cat-and-dog life,
- clash,
- clash of arms,
- clash with,
- clashing,
- cockfight,
- collide,
- collision,
- combat,
- competition,
- concours,
- conflict with,
- confrontation,
- confutation,
- confute,
- contention,
- contentiousness,
- contest,
- contestation,
- contradict,
- contradiction,
- contradistinction,
- contraindication,
- contrapose,
- contraposition,
- contrariety,
- contrariness,
- contrast,
- contrast with,
- contravene,
- controversy,
- controvert,
- counter,
- counteract,
- counteraction,
- counterattack,
- counterbalance,
- countercheck,
- counterpoise,
- counterpose,
- counterposition,
- countervail,
- counterwork,
- counterworking,
- crankiness,
- cross,
- cross-purposes,
- crotchetiness,
- cut and thrust,
- debate,
- decompensation,
- depart from,
- despitefulness,
- deviate from,
- differ,
- differ in opinion,
- difference,
- disaccord,
- disaccordance,
- disaffinity,
- disagree,
- disagree with,
- disagreement,
- discord,
- discordance,
- discordancy,
- Discordia,
- discrepancy,
- disharmony,
- disparity,
- disputation,
- dispute,
- dissension,
- dissent,
- dissidence,
- dissonance,
- disturb,
- disunion,
- disunity,
- divaricate from,
- diverge,
- diverge from,
- divergence,
- diversity,
- dogfight,
- embroilment,
- emotional shock,
- emulation,
- engagement,
- enmity,
- Eris,
- exchange of blows,
- external frustration,
- faction,
- feud,
- fight,
- fighting,
- fire fight,
- fracas,
- fractiousness,
- fray,
- friction,
- frustration,
- go against,
- go counter to,
- grate,
- ground combat,
- hand-to-hand combat,
- hand-to-hand fight,
- hate,
- hatred,
- hit a clinker,
- hold opposite views,
- hostility,
- house-to-house combat,
- inaccordance,
- incompatibility,
- incompatibleness,
- inconsistency,
- inequality,
- inharmoniousness,
- inharmony,
- inimicalness,
- interfere,
- interfere with,
- interference,
- jangle,
- jar,
- jar with,
- jarring,
- jostle,
- juxtapose in opposition,
- kick,
- Kilkenny cats,
- litigation,
- lock horns,
- logomachy,
- malevolence,
- malice,
- malignity,
- meet,
- meet head-on,
- meeting,
- mental shock,
- militate against,
- mischief,
- mismatch,
- mismate,
- misunderstand one another,
- naval combat,
- negate,
- negation,
- negativeness,
- nonconformity,
- noncooperation,
- not accord with,
- not get along,
- not square with,
- object,
- obstinacy,
- offset,
- open conflict,
- oppose,
- oppositeness,
- opposition,
- opposure,
- oppugn,
- oppugnance,
- oppugnancy,
- paper war,
- passage of arms,
- perverseness,
- perversity,
- pitched battle,
- play at cross-purposes,
- polarity,
- polemic,
- psychological stress,
- pull different ways,
- quarrel,
- quarreling,
- quarrelsomeness,
- reaction,
- recalcitrance,
- recoil,
- refractoriness,
- rencontre,
- renitency,
- repercussion,
- repugnance,
- resist,
- resistance,
- revolt,
- rivalry,
- row,
- rub,
- rumble,
- run against,
- run counter to,
- running fight,
- scramble,
- scrapping,
- scrimmage,
- scuffle,
- set off,
- shoving match,
- showdown,
- skirmish,
- spat,
- spite,
- spitefulness,
- squabble,
- squabbling,
- stand apart,
- stand over against,
- stand-up fight,
- strained relations,
- street fight,
- stress,
- strife,
- striving,
- struggle,
- swim upstream,
- swimming upstream,
- tauromachy,
- tension,
- tiff,
- trauma,
- traumatism,
- tug-of-war,
- tussle,
- uncooperativeness,
- unharmoniousness,
- unpleasantness,
- unstring,
- untune,
- variance,
- vary,
- vying,
- war,
- war of words,
- warfare,
- words,
- work against,
- wrangle,
- wrangling