adversarial collaboration
- noun
- /ˌæd.vɚˈsɛr.i.əl kəˌlæb.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
- Formal
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colaboración adversarial
- Their adversarial collaboration produced a balanced report that addressed both sides of the debate.
Examples
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Through adversarial collaboration, the legal and medical teams developed a comprehensive policy.
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The research paper was the result of an adversarial collaboration between scientists with differing theories.
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The researchers engaged in adversarial collaboration to improve their findings.
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Many scientists believe that adversarial collaborations can lead to better results.
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The research paper was the result of an adversarial collaboration between scientists with differing theories.
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Their adversarial collaboration produced a balanced report that addressed both sides of the debate.
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Many scientists believe that adversarial collaboration can lead to breakthroughs in research.
How Cooperative
214
2.7
150
4.0
- Formal
- US
1
4.3
- Formal
∞
2.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and predictably derived from combining 'adversarial' (opposing, hostile) with 'collaboration' (joint effort): it denotes cooperation between parties who are normally opponents. This compositional pattern is literal rather than idiomatic and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
The noun adversarial collaboration brings together adversarial (people on opposite sides) and collaboration (working together). Imagine two teams that usually argue sitting at the same table to check each other's ideas so they reach a stronger, fair answer, so it means 'people with opposing views working together to solve a problem'.