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conflict
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Slammed, by Colleen Hoover
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- I'm conflicted, I'm confused, and most of all I'm taken aback.†
p. 53.9 *conflicted = tension from opposing ideas or feelings
- His expression seems full of conflict, but he slowly leans in and presses his lips against my shoulder.†
p. 120.3conflict = 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)