conflict

 

noun

Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnflɪkt/
  • a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one: the eternal conflict between the sexes [mass noun]: doctors often come into conflict with politicians
  • a prolonged armed struggle: regional conflicts
  • [mass noun] a state of mind in which a person experiences a clash of opposing feelings or needs: bewildered by her own inner conflict, she could only stand there feeling vulnerable
  • a serious incompatibility between two or more opinions, principles, or interests: there was a conflict between his business and domestic life

verb

Pronunciation: /kənˈflɪkt/
[no object]
  • be incompatible or at variance; clash: parents' and children’s interests sometimes conflict the date for the match conflicted with a religious festival
  • (as adjective conflicted) having or showing confused and mutually inconsistent feelings: he remains a little conflicted about Marlene

Derivatives

conflictual

Pronunciation: /kənˈflɪktʃʊəl/
adjective

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin conflict- 'struck together, fought', from the verb confligere, from con- 'together' + fligere 'to strike'; the noun is via Latin conflictus 'a contest'