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conflictnoun a lack of agreement or harmonythe conflict between absolute freedom and personal responsibility disaccord, discord, discordance, discordancy, disharmony, dissension(also dissention), dissent, dissidence, dissonance, disunion, disunity, division, friction, infighting, inharmony, schism, strife, variance, war, warfare clash, collision, competition, contentionaltercation, argument, bicker, brawl, debate, disagreement, dispute, divide, fissurefalling-out, fight, hassle, jar, miff, mix-up, quarrel, row, run-in, scrap, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangleincompatibility, incongruence, incongruity, incongruousness, inconsistence, inconsistency, inconsonance, inharmoniousnessanimosity, antagonism, antipathy, cold war, enmity, hostility, ill will, rancor accord, agreement, concord, concordance, harmony, peace concurrence, cooperation a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groupsan armed conflict between strikers and strikebreakers battle, clash, combat, contest, dustup, fight, fracas, fray, hassle, scrap, scrimmage, scrum, scuffle, skirmish, struggle, tussle pitched battle, rough-and-tumbleaffray(chiefly British), battle royal, brawl, broil, donnybrook, free-for-all, melee(also mêlée), mix-up, ruckus, ructionblows, fistfight, fisticuffs, grapple, handgrips, punch-out, punch-up(chiefly British), slugfestconfrontation, duel, face-off, joustaltercation, argle-bargle(chiefly British), argument, argy-bargy(chiefly British), contretemps, controversy, cross fire, disagreement, dispute, falling-out, kickup, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, spat, squabble, tangle, tiff, wranglecatfight truce a state of armed violent struggle between states, nations, or groupsthe United Nations strives to prevent international conflicts conflagration, hostilities, hot war, war civil war, cold war, holy war, limited war, police action, world waraction, battle, engagement, skirmishcombat, fighting, warfare peace demilitarization, demobilization, disarmamentpacificationcease-fire, trucecalm, peacefulness, tranquillity(or tranquility) an earnest effort for superiority or victory over anotherthe eternal conflict between the forces of good and evil ball game, battle, combat, competition, confrontation, contention, contest, dogfight, duel, face-off, grapple, match, rivalry, strife, struggle, sweepstakes(also sweep-stake), tug-of-war, war, warfare horse race, nail-bitershowdownclash, collision, discord, frictionargument, controversy, debate, disagreement, disputation, dispute, dissension(also dissention), quarrel, row, wrangle concord, harmony, peace conflictverbto be out of harmony or agreement usually noticeablyhis statement conflicts with the facts, as given in the police report clash, collide, disaccord, discord, jar battle, combat, engage, fight, war (against)chafe, gall, grate, janglediffer, disagree, dissent accord, blend, conform (to or with), fit, harmonize, match agree, assent, coincide, concur, correspond n.discord, strife, conflict, contention, dissension, variance mean a state or condition marked by a lack of agreement or harmony.discord implies an intrinsic or essential lack of harmony producing quarreling, factiousness, or antagonism.a political party long racked by discord strife emphasizes a struggle for superiority rather than the incongruity or incompatibility of the persons or things involved.during his brief reign the empire was never free of civil strife conflict usually stresses the action of forces in opposition but in static applications implies an irreconcilability as of duties or desires.the conflict of freedom and responsibility contention applies to strife or competition that shows itself in quarreling, disputing, or controversy.several points of contention about the new zoning law dissension implies strife or discord and stresses a division into factions.religious dissension threatened to split the colony variance implies a clash between persons or things owing to a difference in nature, opinion, or interest.cultural variances that work against a national identity in the 15th century |