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Definition

a struggle or disagreement

in 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"

conflict = struggle

conflict = struggle

I feel conflicted over which college to choose. Part of me wants to stay near home and family where I think I will want to live the rest of my life. But part of me wants to experience something completely new.
In political discussions, I try to avoid conflict by looking for areas of agreement.
Mr. Birkway liked this passage because it showed conflicting feelings about someone.
Sharon Creech -- Walk Two Moons

conflicting = opposing (struggling against each other)

conflicted = with opposing feelings

While you were off having fun, I was doing the dirty work of defending your old faction, eliminating interfaction conflict ....
Veronica Roth -- Divergent

conflict = struggle or disagreement

"I think my conflicted emotions confused the simulation," he says.
Veronica Roth -- Insurgent

conflicted = in opposition to each other (feeling different or opposite ways at the same time)

The real reason, of course, is he can no longer bear his conflicting feelings about Tashi, who is beginning, I think, to appreciate the magnitude of her mistake.
Alice Walker -- The Color Purple

conflicting = opposing (struggling against each other)

This, we believe, is their just punishment for failing to choose a side in this conflict.
Veronica Roth -- Insurgent
I stare into his dark, conflicted eyes for an instant before he punches me in the jaw.
Veronica Roth -- Divergent
Far removed from the conflict and the reality of what they have done.
Veronica Roth -- Divergent
He gives me a conflicted look and touches his lips to my forehead, right between my eyebrows.
Veronica Roth -- Divergent
If conflict in Dauntless ends with only one person standing, I am unsure of what this part of initiation will do to me.
Veronica Roth -- Divergent
How do you stop conflict without conflict?
Veronica Roth -- Insurgent
How do you stop conflict without conflict?
Veronica Roth -- Insurgent
The conflict between her and the boy—Peter is not something we can forget.
Veronica Roth -- Insurgent
"Clearly you know that is not the case, or this conflict would not have occurred," she says.
Veronica Roth -- Insurgent
A label on the door says CONFLICT ROOM.
Veronica Roth -- Insurgent
"In their enthusiasm for conflict resolution, the Amity have apparently forgotten that meddling creates more conflict," says Tobias.
Veronica Roth -- Insurgent

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