confliction
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- noun
- /kənˈflɪkʃən/
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conflicto interno
- His confliction arose from wanting to pursue his passion while also needing a stable job.
Examples
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That... that was part of his confliction.
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Maybe not without some trepidation, guilt, and confliction, though.
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I think that's why it irks the hell out of me that I had told my girlfriend my feelings on marriage when we first started, and as she's been beside me the whole divorce, she still can't see where my confliction comes from.
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The confliction within her mind made it hard for her to make a decision about her future.
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She felt a deep confliction between her love for adventure and her desire for security.
Synonyms
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3.0
An inner struggle between different feelings or desires
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7.8
A state of having both positive and negative feelings about someone or something
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7.8
A lack of agreement in what people say, do or think
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5.7
A fight inside a person's mind about what they feel or believe
A state of having mixed feelings about someone or something
A feeling of strong conflict inside a person about two different loyalties
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Etymology
Confliction comes from the same root as conflict, where con- means 'together' and flict comes from a word meaning 'to strike'. So a confliction is like two feelings or beliefs 'hitting' each other inside your mind, which creates an inner struggle.