Both Uses
conflict
in
The Hunt for Red October
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- Although outwardly he was the model Soviet child, inwardly he wondered why what he learned from his father and in school conflicted with the other lessons of his youth.†
Chpt 3. *conflicted = tension from opposing ideas or feelings
- I mean, we're still enemies, but having the various intelligence services in conflict uses up too many assets, and it's dangerous to both sides.†
Chpt 13.conflict = struggle or disagreement
Definitions:
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(1)
(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"
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)