Both Uses
conflict
in
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
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- So I felt deeply conflicted here.†
p. 214.1 *conflicted = tension from opposing ideas or feelings
- The point is, I had never really gotten angry at him, and also I am terrified of conflict.†
p. 246.3conflict = 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)