CONFLICTIVE Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

conflictive

adjective

Definition of conflictive

as in conflicting

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Recent Examples of conflictive Directed by Jonatan Etzler, the film tells the story of a teacher dealing with a conflictive 11-year-old pupil. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025

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If your adjusters still need to move between multiple systems, reconcile conflicting information or manually validate data, the technology is most likely adding complexity instead of eliminating it.

— David Tobias, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
The statement comes after conflicting comments across social media suggested Thomas had died.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of conflicting

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Luk, an only child who grew up surrounded by cousins, was amused by the way relatives can inhabit incompatible versions of the same history.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
If a polygon existed with no periodic trajectory—that is, no way to return to its starting point—then the geometric object encoding all possible billiard paths would be forced to behave in two incompatible ways.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of incompatible

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Jalen Coker’s three-year, $36 million contract solidified him as Carolina’s WR2, and his Round 11 ADP looks like a bargain compared to Tetairoa McMillan’s Round 4 price given the target competition around Bryce Young’s inconsistent passing attack.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 21 Aug. 2026
The pitch had inconsistent shape and was difficult to command.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

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