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conflicting

conflicting

7 4.2
Having ideas, facts, or feelings that do not agree with each other
  • adjective
  • /kənˈflɪktɪŋ/
translation icon : conflictivo
  • Participants received varying and sometimes conflicting messages about their bodies and themselves in physical education classes.
  • conflicting information
  • conflicting views
  • conflicting opinions

There are conflicting interests, conflicting goals that people have.

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Examples

  • For months the emperor had received conflicting advice to stand and fight or retreat.

  • Different and often conflicting aspects of our character are constantly fighting for supremacy.

  • There are conflicting interests, conflicting goals that people have.

  • I wonder how conflicting this is for young women.

  • But anyway, like you said, conflicting feelings.

  • For months, the Emperor had received conflicting advice to stand and fight or retreat.

  • Sometimes individuals have multiple and conflicting decision-making goals.

    Academic text (2013)
  • This theory suggests that people experience psychological discomfort when they hold conflicting beliefs or attitudes.

  • In this semiotic framework, multiple and often conflicting meanings associated with the subject "women" are produced in different historical situations.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The reports provided conflicting accounts of what happened during the incident.

Synonyms

contrary
vsconflicting
183 4.5

Opposed to something, often going against the facts

is opposition or incompatibility focused on simultaneous contrast rather than purpose
inconsistent
vsconflicting
96 4.7

Not staying the same over time and not agreeing with other facts

is active opposition now, not only variable or irregular agreement
contradictory
vsconflicting
72 6.1

Showing ideas or statements that do not agree and cannot both be true

is broader disagreement, not necessarily strict mutual impossibility
at odds
vsconflicting
60 4.8

Not agreeing with someone or something

describes being opposed or incompatible, not emphasizing personal conflict
antithetical
vsconflicting
12 8.4

Directly opposed in beliefs or purpose

is general disagreement without implying direct oppositeness in purpose
irreconcilable
vsconflicting
11 7.7

So different that people cannot agree

is disagreement or incompatibility but may still allow resolution
discordant
vsconflicting
9 7.4

Not fitting together and often clashing in sound or opinion

is general opposition, not limited to sensory clashes like sound
self-contradictory
vsconflicting
3 7.0

An idea that does not agree with another idea

is opposition between things rather than internal logical inconsistency
at variance
vsconflicting
  • Formal
2 7.7

Not in agreement with other people, facts, or ideas

is being opposed or incompatible rather than a general state label
dissonant
vsconflicting
1 7.1

Colors, opinions, or sounds that do not match and seem to clash

means being opposed more generally, not only producing clash effects
conflictual
vsconflicting
  • Formal
1 8.1

Describing disagreement between people, groups, or inside a person

focuses on being opposed or incompatible without stressing tension
unreconciled
vsconflicting
1 7.2

People or things that do not agree with each other

is active opposition or incompatibility, not only unresolved status
conflictive
vsconflicting
7.4

Showing that facts or statements do not match

is the general state of being opposed or inconsistent
clashing
vsconflicting
4.9

Having colors, patterns or ideas that do not go well together

is simple opposition without needing sharp or harsh qualities
inconsonant
vsconflicting
9.8

Not in agreement with something else

is the present state of being opposed or incompatible
disharmonic
vsconflicting
8.2

Not matching other things in look, feeling, or ideas

describes direct opposition rather than mainly appearance or feeling
antithetic
vsconflicting
9.3

Directly opposite in idea or purpose

is broader opposition and may not imply exact direct contrast
unreconcilable
vsconflicting
7.7

Impossible to make two people or ideas agree

is disagreement now but may be reconcilable over time or effort

Antonyms

361 1.0

A situation in which people have the same opinion or give their approval

112 4.1

Able to exist or work together without conflict

How Conflicting

contradictory
  • Specialized
8.2
conflicting
7 4.2
inconsistent
96 4.7
compatible
112 4.1

Surface Forms

conflicting positive
conflicter comparative
conflictest superlative

Morphology

conflicting = conflict (transparent) = conflict + ing

Derived regularly by adding the verbal suffix '-ing' to 'conflict', giving the participial/adjectival sense 'being in conflict'.

Etymology

The word conflicting comes from the parts con- 'together' and -flict 'to strike', so you can imagine two things 'striking' each other. That's why conflicting ideas or reports 'clash' and are in disagreement.