different between conflictional vs conflict

English

Etymology

confliction +? -al

Adjective

conflictional (comparative more conflictional, superlative most conflictional)

1. (rare) Of, pertaining to, or characterized by conflict.
   • 1979, B. P. Angle et al., "The Heroin Addict's View of Personal Change During Methadone Maintenance Treatment," Addiction, vol. 74, no. 2, p. 210:

     These results are conflictional in that despite the patient's own perception of increase in ability to function socially, they are experiencing a considerable increase in somatic distress.

   • 1981, David McBride and M. H. Little, "The Afro-American Elite, 1930-1940: A Historical and Statistical Profile," Phylon, vol. 42, no. 2, p. 105:

     This latter leadership reflected and reinforced more the "consensual" as opposed to "conflictional" political and social tendencies.

   • 2001, David B. Walker, "New Federalism. III. A Reformed System in the Making?" International Journal of Public Administration, vol 24, no. 1, p. 57:

     Out of all this emerged a conflicted federalism, not a genuine New Federalism II, that combined cooperative and coercive, collaborative and conflictional, and independent ("fend for yourself") and interdependent (continuing intergovernmental assistance) features.

Synonyms

• conflictful, conflictive, conflictory, conflictual

English

Etymology

From Latin conflictus, past participle of confligere (“to strike together”), from com- (“together”) (a form of con-) + fligere (“to strike”).

Pronunciation

• Noun
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?n.fl?kt/
  • (US) enPR: k?n'fl?kt, IPA^(key): /?k?n.fl?kt/
• Verb
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /k?n?fl?kt/
  • (US) enPR: k?nfl?kt', k?n'fl?kt, IPA^(key): /k?n?fl?kt/, /?k?n.fl?kt/

Noun

conflict (countable and uncountable, plural conflicts)

1. A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.

2. An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

conflict (third-person singular simple present conflicts, present participle conflicting, simple past and past participle conflicted)

1. (intransitive) To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible
2. (intransitive) To overlap (with), as in a schedule.

   Your conference call conflicts with my older one: please reschedule.

   It appears that our schedules conflict.

Derived terms

• conflicted

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “conflict”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• conflict at OneLook Dictionary Search

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?nfl?ctus, past participle of confligere (“to strike together”), from com- (“together”) (a form of con-) + fligere (“to strike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?fl?kt/
• Hyphenation: con?flict
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

conflict n (plural conflicten, diminutive conflictje n)

1. A conflict, clash or dispute

Derived terms

• belangenconflict
• conflictdiamant
• conflicthaard
• conflictmineraal
• conflictsituatie
• conflictstof

Related terms

• conflictueus

Descendants

• Afrikaans: konflik
• ? Indonesian: konflik
• ? West Frisian: konflikt

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin conflictus

Noun

conflict n (plural conflicte)

1. conflict

Declension