infighting
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- noun
- /ˈɪnˌfaɪtɪŋ/
- The team's performance declined due to ongoing infighting among its members.
- political infighting
- bureaucratic infighting
- factional infighting
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Watch on YouTubeAnd almost always it's because of infighting, not because of some outside threat.
- And almost always it's because of infighting, not because of some outside threat.
- Either way, massive party infighting is going on now in the Democratic Party.
- And once factions and clicks start to happen, it starts to create momentum when more and more splintering occurs and there's all kinds of infighting.
- It's a common knowledge, the way I've lived my life, fighting all infighting, no old barred.
- She learned Washington infighting from a man who lived a year with no heartbeat.
- And then became when all the infighting started and half of the other ones, million people started dislike me.
- They're not on either, you know, extremes, but they they are exhausted from all this, this political infighting.
- And there was a lot of in not infighting, but there was a lot of, of, of dysfunction.
Examples
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Yet just as this political infighting was heating up, European powers initiated an even larger conflict.
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No amount of political or legal infighting or anything else will keep it away.
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And almost always it's because of infighting, not because of some outside threat.
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Most people only see the surface of this race... but the infighting is much more interesting.
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Either way, massive party infighting is going on now in the Democratic Party.
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There was a lot of infighting.
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Both are consumed with infighting for control of these economic interests.
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After four years of watching political infighting, you learn the occasional value of subtlety.
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Indeed, the passengers became victims of bitter infighting within the Cuban government.
Academic text (2017) -
Furthermore, political infighting among environmental NGOs only further diminishes the movement's credibility in the public's eyes.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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A strong argument between people or groups, often public
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A situation when people or groups meet in direct conflict, often angrily
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Competition between people or groups who try to be more successful for the same goal
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A short conflict between people or groups
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A long bitter quarrel between two people, families, or groups
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An angry argument between people who are usually friendly
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A strong disagreement between people or groups
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A disagreement and arguing between people who must work together
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A short angry argument where people try to gain an advantage
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A group whose members strongly disagree about important issues
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Small groups inside a larger group compete and disagree, causing conflict
A feeling of conflict inside a person
Antonyms
How Intense
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Etymology
Infighting comes from the parts in- meaning 'inside' and fight, so it means fighting that happens inside a group. That's why the word describes rivalry or conflict between members of the same team or organization.