Conflict
EncartaŽ World English Dictionary
1. military war: warfare between opposing forces, especially a prolonged and bitter but sporadic struggle
news that the conflict had reached the outskirts of the capital
2. difference: a disagreement or clash between ideas, principles, or people
The two sides came into conflict over the proposed contract.
3. psychology mental struggle: a psychological state resulting from the often unconscious opposition between simultaneous but incompatible desires, needs, drives, or impulses
4. literature plot tension: opposition between or among characters or forces in a literary work that shapes or motivates the action of the plot
Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary
competitive or opposing action of incompatibles : antagonistic state or action (as of divergent ideas, interests, or persons) b: mental struggle resulting from incompatible or opposing needs, drives, wishes, or external or internal demands 3: the opposition of persons or forces that gives rise to the dramatic action in a drama or fiction.
Cambridge International Dictionary
an active disagreement between people with opposing opinions or principles: fighting between two or more groups of people or countries: f beliefs, needs, or facts, etc. conflict, they are very different and cannot easily exist together or both be true: to fight or disagree actively
Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed
a fight or struggle, esp. a protracted one; war sharp disagreement or opposition, as of interests or ideas; clash
emotional disturbance resulting from a clash of opposing impulses or from an inability to reconcile impulses with realistic or moral considerations Rare collision of moving bodies
The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language
1. A state of open, often prolonged fighting; a battle or war. 2. A state of disharmony between incompatible or antithetical persons, ideas, or interests; a clash. 3. Psychology A psychic struggle, often unconscious, resulting from the opposition or simultaneous functioning of mutually exclusive impulses, desires, or tendencies. 4. Opposition between characters or forces in a work of drama or fiction, especially opposition that motivates or shapes the action of the plot.
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