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Synonyms for conflict

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Synonyms for conflict

The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Synonyms for conflict

opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings

a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests

an incompatibility of dates or events

Related Words

opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)

be in conflict

go against, as of rules and laws

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In this step we brainstorm options in a nonthreatening manner without making any judgments as to their workability or acceptance by all of the conflicted parties.
I recognize that such a list might only contribute to an existing culture of popularity and stature of conflicted physicians, yet it would be much easier with such a registry to identify who has the conflicts and how the conflict might have played out.
In December 2001, the AAMC released a long-awaited policy on individual conflicts, which provided that individuals with conflicts surpassing the PHS-designated guidelines should be presumed to be conflicted out of the research, even if the study was not government-funded.
Under such circumstances, a claim is often made that the CPA somehow was conflicted by the engagements.
The court rejected the supervisor's Title VII claim for religious accommodation by noting that his asserted need to pray and quote scripture during work hours conflicted with the county's duty to maintain a religiously neutral working atmosphere.