All 6 Uses of
conflict
in
Childhood's End
- Basically, the conflict is a religious one, however much it may be disguised.†
Chpt 2conflict = struggle or disagreement
- It was, of course, universally assumed that the Overlords, or beings of the same species, had come into violent conflict with ancient man.†
Chpt 6
- The end of strife and conflicts of all kinds had also meant the virtual end of creative art.†
Chpt 6 *conflicts = struggles or disagreements
- Few artists thrive in solitude, and nothing is more stimulating than the conflict of minds with similar interests.†
Chpt 15conflict = struggle or disagreement
- So far, the conflict had produced worthwhile results in sculpture, music, literary criticism and film-making.†
Chpt 15
- Through the clash and tug of conflicting gravitational flelds, the planet travelled along the loops and curves of its inconceivably complex orbit, never retracing the same path.†
Chpt 18conflicting = opposing (struggling against each other)
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"