All 3 Uses of
conflict
in
Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl
- No one can keep out of the conflict, the entire world is at war, and even though the Allies are doing better, the end is nowhere in sight.†
Chpt 43-01 *
- All the conflicts about our upbringing, about not pampering children, about the food — about everything, absolutely everything — might have taken a different turn if we'd remained open and on friendly terms instead of always seeing the worst side.†
Chpt 44-01
- He doesn't think it's wrong, but he says that here, where we're in such close quarters, it could lead to conflicts.†
Chpt 44-05
Definition:
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(conflict) a struggle or disagreementin various senses, including:
- a serious disagreement -- as in "political conflict"
- the tension from two opposing ideas or feelings -- as in "I'm conflicted about where I should go to college."
- a violent fight or war -- as in "the Israeli-Palestinian conflict"
- an idiom that refers to tension between responsibilities to different entities -- "conflict of interest"