Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Tending to conflict; conflicting; clashing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Tending to conflict; conflicting.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Causing
conflict
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Examples
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Mr. Rudman's impression from his one meeting with Mr. Puello was that he was very "conflictive," he said.
Puello Probe Separate From Missionaries' Case David Gauthier-Villars 2010
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Mr. Rudman's impression from his one meeting with Mr. Puello was that he was very "conflictive," he said.
Puello Probe Separate From Missionaries' Case David Gauthier-Villars 2010
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This is kind of conflictive, where they kind of go at each other.
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Luis Sanchez, the family's long-time handyman, described Merhige as a "conflictive" person, as he spoke with reporters outside the family home.
WN.com - Articles related to Aquino says Philippines to be more investor friendly 2010
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Luis Sanchez, the family's long-time handyman, described Merhige as a "conflictive" person, as he spoke with reporters outside the family home.
WN.com - Articles related to Aquino says Philippines to be more investor friendly 2010
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Luis Sanchez, the family's long-time handyman, described Merhige as a "conflictive" person, as he spoke with reporters outside the family home.
unknown title 2009
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"conflictive" person, as he spoke with reporters outside the family home.
WN.com - Articles related to Aquino says Philippines to be more investor friendly 2010
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In both the WOT Services Ltd. case and the Spanish journalists' the attitudes towards the conflictive messages are discordant.
Laila E Hamarinen: Thoughts On Freedom Of Speech in Europe Laila E Hamarinen 2011
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The interesting thing for me is that I'm able to straddle the two perspectives and feel them both in a way that's both comfortable and conflictive, and it was precisely that in-between viewpoint that I wanted to represent in the novel's narrator, whose voice is fatally ruptured and flawed by its American influence.
Brian Joseph Davis: A Literary Outlaw in Paris: Interview With Dennis Cooper Brian Joseph Davis 2011
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The interesting thing for me is that I'm able to straddle the two perspectives and feel them both in a way that's both comfortable and conflictive, and it was precisely that in-between viewpoint that I wanted to represent in the novel's narrator, whose voice is fatally ruptured and flawed by its American influence.
Brian Joseph Davis: A Literary Outlaw in Paris: Interview With Dennis Cooper Brian Joseph Davis 2011
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