— confliction , n. — conflictive, conflictory /keuhn flik"teuh ree/ , adj.
v. /keuhn flikt"/ ; n. /kon"flikt/ , v.i.
1. to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash: The account of one eyewitness conflicted with that of the other. My class conflicts with my going to the concert.
2. to fight or contend; do battle.
n.
3. a fight, battle, or struggle, esp. a prolonged struggle; strife.
4. controversy; quarrel: conflicts between parties.
5. discord of action, feeling, or effect; antagonism or opposition, as of interests or principles: a conflict of ideas.
6. a striking together; collision.
7. incompatibility or interference, as of one idea, desire, event, or activity with another: a conflict in the schedule.
8. Psychiatry. a mental struggle arising from opposing demands or impulses.
[ 1375-1425; late ME (n.) conflictus a striking together, equiv. to conflig ( ere ) to strike together, contend ( con- CON- + fligere to strike) + -tus suffix of v. action; (v.) conflictus, ptp. of confligere, or by v. use of the n. ]
Syn. 1. collide, oppose. 3. encounter, siege. See fight. 5. contention, opposition.
Ant. 4. accord.