See Also: Conflict(medicine)
CONFLICT(law)
conflict(encyclopedia)
conflict(2)(dictionary)
conflict(1)(dictionary)
interpersonal conflict(medicine)
CONFLICT OF JURISDICTION(law)
conflict 2, verb(dictionary)
conflict 1, noun(dictionary)
laws, conflict of(encyclopedia)

conflict(1) (iou)



conflict noun. LME.
[Latin conflictus, from conflict- pa. ppl stem of confligere strike together, clash, contend, fight, formed as CON- + fligere strike.]
1. A fight, a battle, a (prolonged) struggle between opposing forces (lit. & fig.); fighting, strife; the clashing or variance of opposed principles, beliefs, etc.; Psychology (the emotional distress due to) the opposition of incompatible wishes etc. in a person. LME.
W. S. Churchill At every point..the opposing causes came into conflict. John Brooke The conflict between successive generations is part of the law of life. F. Fitzgerald Many Americans persisted in thinking of the Vietnamese conflict as a civil war. D. Halberstam He felt a powerful conflict of loyalties and interests.
2. Collision (of physical bodies), dashing together. Now rare. M16.
conflictful adjective M20.
conflictual adjective pertaining to, characterized by, or involving conflict M20.