confrontation | | |
n. (communication) | 1. confrontation | a bold challenge. |
| ~ challenge | a call to engage in a contest or fight. |
n. (communication) | 2. confrontation | discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions. |
| ~ dissension, discord | disagreement among those expected to cooperate. |
n. (communication) | 3. confrontation, encounter, face-off, showdown | a hostile disagreement face-to-face. |
| ~ disagreement | the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing. |
n. (act) | 4. confrontation, opposition | the act of hostile groups opposing each other.; "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition" |
| ~ strikebreaking | confrontational activities intended to break up a strike by workers. |
| ~ resistance | group action in opposition to those in power. |
n. (act) | 5. confrontation | a focussed comparison; bringing together for a careful comparison. |
| ~ comparing, comparison | the act of examining resemblances.; "they made a comparison of noise levels"; "the fractions selected for comparison must require pupils to consider both numerator and denominator" |
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