strife
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6.6
- noun
- /straɪf/
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conflicto
- RIM's decline was hastened by internal strife and a perceived lack of direction.
- civil strife
- political strife
- internal strife
And you have this friction between the two that causes nothing but strife and stress and anger.
- And you have this friction between the two that causes nothing but strife and stress and anger.
- Just just been dealing with a lot of internal strife.
- After this there occurred most violent wars and civil strife.
- No, they, they they were still dealing with their internal strife.
- So there were no drugs, no racial strife because no different races, not even divorce.
- Heraclitus said strife is actually a good thing.
- Everyone needs to have some sort of conflict, strife, challenge stress in their life.
- Because inflation is what's causing the strife we face today.
- Like having two CE OS is just a recipe for competition, struggle and strife, right?
- So I'm amazed the Middle East is able to, you know, just keep all the strife up.
Examples
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The Republic is still weak from 20 years of civil strife.
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The Republic is still weak from 20 years of civil strife.
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But you brought suffering, you brought strife, you brought pain.
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And it's, it's causing a lot of strife to a lot of people.
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Life will be full of strife, hurt, disappointment and failure.
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"Who else has a mandate to lead in times of strife and struggle?" he asked us.
Fiction book (1999) -
War changed people; times of fear and strife made them behave in extraordinary ways.
Fiction book (1992) -
For many in this group, the political strife in the Middle East provided added incentive to immigrate.
Academic text (1993) -
Another counterargument is the ethnic strife that has become a hallmark of the modern African world.
Academic text (2008) -
We're a nice quiet little principality, remote from the strife and struggle of the world.
Synonyms
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1.0
A situation with fighting or strong arguments that disturbs people
675
2.4
A strong argument between people or groups, often public
397
2.3
A serious disagreement between people or groups over ideas
384
3.0
A serious argument about something important that lasts a long time
294
4.5
A situation when people or groups meet in direct conflict, often angrily
290
2.9
A serious fight between groups to gain control
138
4.2
A strong disagreement that separates people in a group
138
4.8
A time of great confusion and disorder
110
6.0
A strong disagreement between groups that causes tension
105
3.2
A short conflict between people or groups
93
4.2
A long bitter quarrel between two people, families, or groups
61
2.0
An angry argument between people who are usually friendly
50
6.5
A noisy fight involving several people
43
3.9
Tension between people or groups
34
5.4
A serious break between people or groups that causes conflict
34
6.5
A strong disagreement between people or groups
26
5.6
Strong disagreement between people or groups
18
7.7
A time of strong political or social disorder
16
7.5
A disagreement and arguing between people who must work together
15
7.0
A quality that makes people strongly disagree and split into groups
5
4.4
A feeling of worry that makes someone restless
5
6.7
A feeling of disagreement and tension between people
4
6.3
A disagreement between people about beliefs or ideas
1
8.1
A situation where people or groups disagree and feel tension
1
8.2
A situation where people or things do not agree
A disagreement between ideas, people, or interests
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Etymology
The word strife comes from an old English word that meant 'fight' or 'quarrel' and is related to the verb strive, which once also meant 'to fight' or 'to struggle'. So strife today means an angry or violent disagreement when people or groups are 'striving' against each other.