adversarial
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7.4
- adjective
- /ˌæd.vɚˈsɛr.i.əl/
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adversario
- In negotiations, an adversarial approach can hinder cooperation between parties.
- adversarial relationship
- adversarial system
- adversarial nature
Expressing does not mean being adversarial, does not mean being rude.
- Expressing does not mean being adversarial, does not mean being rude.
- This sort of adversarial nature between the sexes is not good.
- Realizing that helps you to ameliorate this adversarial view of the world.
- And as soon as you get involved in elections, that is an adversarial process.
- So obviously they're monitoring the sky, looking for things that may belong to adversarial nations that are spying on the US.
- So like in social situations like bars, clubs, networking events, you, you face each other, which I find adversarial and tense.
- I don't know if I I have what it takes to have a a good empathetic but adversarial conversation.
- But so yeah, foreign governments, friendly and adversarial will will use all social media platforms for propaganda.
- You can't be reliant on other countries, especially adversarial countries, to to allow you to buy goods from them.
- You know, what they would do is if it were adversarial, is just wipe out the people and, you know, create their own.
- And what's interesting about diplomacy is that it's very different from these like adversarial games like chess, Go, poker, even StarCraft and Dota.
- They were all adversarial and there was a level of resistance to the administration that we've never seen before.
- And over time, you know, SEO, which is an adversarial game and Google itself buying all these companies and crowding its own results page with its own tied in stuff.
- I, I guess the way I think about it is whether you view this other social agent as having aligned goals or agendas as you or are they adversarial?
Examples
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Workers therefore need an independent source of power to promote their interests in these adversarial relationships.
Academic text (1994) -
If the Round Table process is successful, then the adversarial approach will be used less and less.
Academic text (1992) -
This country is an adversarial power.
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Oh, unfortunately, I have a very adversarial relationship with what is said about me.
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The suit put you in an adversarial position.
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Now are we going to continue with this adversarial relationship?
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And as soon as you get involved in elections, that is an adversarial process.
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As lawyers, we are often put in adversarial situations.
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I happen to believe in this adversarial system of justice of ours.
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It's an adversarial process, so this should give you some idea about what the semester ahead holds for you.
Synonyms
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3.4
Being against another person or group
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6.6
Showing disagreement or resistance to someone with power
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8.1
Describing disagreement between people, groups, or inside a person
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3.5
Against something or someone in opinion and action
Causing disagreement or tension between people
Hostile toward a person, group, or idea
Compounds
- Formal
A way for people with different views to work together to test ideas or solve disagreements
How Adversarial
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Adversarial comes from Latin parts ad- 'to' and versare 'turn', and it shares the same root as adversary and adverse. So an adversarial situation is one where people or groups face each other and act against each other.