conflicting
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4.2
- adjective
- /kənˈflɪktɪŋ/
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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.
- There are conflicting interests, conflicting goals that people have.
- Whether it's money, jobs, ex-wife, conflicting schedules in a year.
- But anyway, like you said, conflicting feelings.
- So when men come in to take control, there's this very conflicting message in society.
- But this isn't necessarily conflicting advice exactly.
- Each of those groups can find numbers to support their conflicting views of the bailouts price tag.
- And a lot of these tips kind of had conflicting answers.
- Same thing they did for Tacogar and I, these conflicting emotions and I didn't know what to do.
- This theory suggests that people experience psychological discomfort when they hold conflicting beliefs or attitudes.
- What two things are conflicting in me?
- Kim Kardashian Pete Davidson split nine months, they said because of conflicting schedules.
- When we go through narcissistic relationships, we get taught lots of conflicting messages.
- And I can also accept the conflicting view that in it enables the worst of us.
Examples
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For months the emperor had received conflicting advice to stand and fight or retreat.
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Different and often conflicting aspects of our character are constantly fighting for supremacy.
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There are conflicting interests, conflicting goals that people have.
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I wonder how conflicting this is for young women.
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But anyway, like you said, conflicting feelings.
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For months, the Emperor had received conflicting advice to stand and fight or retreat.
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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.
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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
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4.5
Opposed to something, often going against the facts
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4.7
Not staying the same over time and not agreeing with other facts
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6.1
Showing ideas or statements that do not agree and cannot both be true
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4.8
Not agreeing with someone or something
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8.4
Directly opposed in beliefs or purpose
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7.7
So different that people cannot agree
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7.4
Not fitting together and often clashing in sound or opinion
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7.0
An idea that does not agree with another idea
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7.7
Not in agreement with other people, facts, or ideas
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7.1
Colors, opinions, or sounds that do not match and seem to clash
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8.1
Describing disagreement between people, groups, or inside a person
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7.2
People or things that do not agree with each other
Showing that facts or statements do not match
Having colors, patterns or ideas that do not go well together
Not in agreement with something else
Not matching other things in look, feeling, or ideas
Directly opposite in idea or purpose
Impossible to make two people or ideas agree
Antonyms
How Conflicting
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- Specialized
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4.2
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4.7
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4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.