CONFLICTION Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

confliction

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Definition of confliction

as in conflict

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Noun

Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has also warned that Iran would retaliate if Washington reignited the conflict.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
Its cost was recovered after just one month of conflict, according to people familiar with the matter.

— Amena Bakr, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of conflict

Noun

Composers devised elaborate systems for writing music that ventured deep into dissonance, away from the rules of tonality that had governed it for centuries.

— Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 31 Oct. 2026
Thenew album finds Hot Chip confronting an increasingly bleak world with a sound that embraces distortion, decay and dissonance without abandoning the communal pleasures at the heart of the band’s music.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of dissonance

Noun

A throw toward the center and then, at times, a lateral backwards to create discord among the secondaries and then race downfield.

— Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 4 Nov. 2026
To use isolated instances of interpersonal discord as a pretext to strip 18 distinct counties of their democratic home rule is a severe structural overreaction.

— Eric Wargotz, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of discord

Noun

Ahead of Leo’s arrival in Argentina, the first by a pope in nearly 40 years, Milei’s officials had dismissed the prospect of a political clash.

— Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026
That has to leave a bad taste in their mouth entering this week’s clash.

— Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of clash

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This year’s ceremony ran into controversy earlier in the year when it was announced that it would be hosted in Abu Dhabi, which has faced criticism for human rights violations.

— Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026
As the controversy mounted, the museum called off the exhibition.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of controversy

Noun

Heemeyer owned a muffler shop in the town and had been engaged in a long-running series of property and zoning disputes with local authorities.

— Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Having been through the NBA and NFL lockouts of 2011 and other labor disputes, McKenzie recalled just how much of a rush there can be on supplementing income if paychecks don’t resume.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of dispute

Noun

Agreements only hold when the team practices them in real disagreements, again and again.

— Aaron Levy, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
But what Cunningham was trying to show in this case was belief in a collective humanity rather than focusing on political disagreements post-midterm elections, unlike some of her WNBA peers.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of disagreement

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