conflictual
- adjective
- /kənˈflɪk.tʃu.əl/
- Formal
- Very often, multinational forces are called to intervene in crisis situations that are conflictual, ambiguous, and dangerous.
- conflictual relationship
- conflictual situation
- conflictual nature
They're insecure, they're conflictual, they're antagonistic.
- They're insecure, they're conflictual, they're antagonistic.
- And I'm hoping that the content on this channel helps you navigate the difficult, toxic, conflictual, antagonistic relationships in your life.
- Love bombing deteriorates to devaluation than to discard, and then you kind of get stuck in an invalidating, conflictual, painful cycle.
- That's the, the, the conflictual idea of what people don't understand is that if I'm concerned about mine right first, then I can share it.
Examples
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The team struggled with conflictual dynamics, which often hindered their project's progress.
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However, water remains a conflictual resource due to its unique characteristics.
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I actually go miles out of my way... to avoid conflictual situations-
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Some are far more critical and conflictual than the definitions put forward here.
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Like if it was very conflictual and high intensity, it's probably going to take longer to resolve.
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And I think that that conflictual relationship really reflects the fact that feedback sits at the junction of two core human needs.
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Within this context, everyday interactions with parents may be more conflictual and hassle-bound.
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So for example, like if your relationship is is is very conflictual or high conflict, that's going to eat into your headspace in your work.
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The roots of the opposition to the Austral Plan can be found in the conflictual history of Argentina's political economy.
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The ethnography presented above reveals the conflictual nature of bereavement as ideology in Israel.
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
Making people disagree and split into groups
Causing people to disagree or argue
Showing anger and wanting to argue with others
Being ready to argue or fight
A situation where people or groups strongly oppose each other
Full of angry, bitter words in a speech or argument
Having ideas, facts, or feelings that do not agree with each other
Likely to argue or fight with other people
A person or thing that cannot work with another without causing problems
Colors, opinions, or sounds that do not match and seem to clash
Causing disagreement or tension between people
Showing a desire to argue or compete with others
Having colors, patterns or ideas that do not go well together
Likely to cause disagreement or tension between people
Groups or countries that fight each other
Antonyms
How Conflictual
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Conflictual comes from conflict, a word built from old parts that mean 'to strike' or 'to clash', and the ending -ual that means 'relating to'. So conflictual describes situations that involve disagreement or tension between people or groups.