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Conflict : (noun)
1: 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: struggle,
battle]
2: opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible
feelings; "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision"
3: 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, fight, engagement]
4: a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests;
"his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the
post"; "a conflict of loyalties"
5: an incompatibility of dates or events; "he noticed a
conflict in the dates of the two meetings"
6: 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"
7: 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]
(verb)
1: be in conflict; "The two proposals conflict!"
2: go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afould of the
law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules" [syn: run
afoul, infringe, contravene]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Fire and water conflicting together. --Bacon.
2. To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or
opposition; to struggle.
A man would be content to . . . conflict with great
difficulties, in hopes of a mighty reward. --Abp.
Tillotson.
3. To be in opposition; to be contradictory.
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
2. A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle;
struggle; fighting.
As soon as he [Atterbury] was himself again, he
became eager for action and conflict. --Macaulay.
An irrepressible conflict between opposing and
enduring forces. --W. H.
Seward.
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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CONFLICT. The opposition or difference between two judicial jurisdictions,
when they both claim the right to decide a cause, or where they both declare
their incompetency. The first is called a positive conflict, and the, latter
a negative conflict.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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