conflictive

Examples

• All

• Her conflictive opinions on the issue created tension in the group.

• However, unionized workers and employers, both in developed and developing countries, often have a conflictive relationship.

  Academic text (2003)

• Such studies will take into account gender, grassroots politics, and the often conflictive relationship between cultural reform and a politicized economy in that era.

  Academic text (2002)

• The study documented a total of 1,831 interactions, both conflictive and cooperative, between two or more nations over water during the past fifty years.

  Academic text (2008)

• Yet despite seemingly ideal conditions for extending civilian control over the armed forces, Argentina endured a very conflictive civil-military relationship between 1983 and 1990.

  Academic text (2000)

• In many cases, however, enforcement of new rules is an inherently conflictive process, as both sides attempt to manipulate the new institutions to suit their needs and protect their prerogatives.

  Academic text (2000)

• Communal differences between ethnic and religious identities will be exploited, politicized, and conflictive rather than harmonized and complementary.

  Academic text (2010)

• The conflictive nature of their discussion led to a heated argument among the team members.

• In a conflictive environment, finding common ground can be very challenging.

Synonyms

C

controversial

vsconflictive

423 5.0

Likely to cause strong public disagreement

is narrower, focusing on causing disagreement even in private situations

D

divisive

vsconflictive

92 6.8

Making people disagree and split into groups

is more general, highlighting likely causes of that division

C

contentious

vsconflictive

62 7.4

Causing people to disagree or argue

is broader, stressing the potential to cause disagreement rather than tone

D

disruptive

vsconflictive

57 5.8

Causing trouble that interrupts normal activity

is about creating interpersonal disagreement or tension rather than general disorder

C

confrontational

vsconflictive

36 7.0

Showing anger and wanting to argue with others

is about causing disagreement or tension rather than a personal aggressive style

B

belligerent

vsconflictive

26 7.5

Being ready to argue or fight

is concerned with causing disagreement between parties rather than personal hostility

A

adversarial

vsconflictive

23 7.4

A situation where people or groups strongly oppose each other

is about creating or likely to create opposition rather than formal contest

I

incendiary

vsconflictive

• Literature

13 7.9

Likely to make people angry and cause public protest

is more about causing ordinary disagreement rather than provoking strong reactions

Q

quarrelsome

vsconflictive

3 7.8

Likely to argue or fight with other people

is focused on creating or likely to cause disputes between groups

F

factious

vsconflictive

1 9.5

Causing disagreement and division within a group

is broader, covering causes of disagreement both inside and between groups

C

conflictual

vsconflictive

• Formal

1 8.1

Describing disagreement between people, groups, or inside a person

is focused on causing or likely to start such disagreement or tension

C

clashy

vsconflictive

7.7

Likely to cause disagreement or tension between people

is more about actively creating or likely to create such discord

Antonyms

C

cooperative

119 3.5

Willing to work with other people to reach a shared goal

H

harmonious

14 4.2

People who live and work together peacefully

How Contentious

inflammatory

• Literature

41 7.4

conflictive

7.0

controversial

423 5.0

debatable

34 5.0

noncontroversial

1 4.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology