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conflictology

conflictology noun: conflict resolution: the method and process involved in facilitating the peaceful ending of conflict and retribution.

Noun

conflictology (uncountable)

  1. Conflict resolution: the method and process involved in facilitating the peaceful ending of conflict and retribution.

Origin of conflictology

From conflict + -ology. Rarely used in English. A calque of Russian конфликтоло́гия (konfliktológija), Ukrainian конфліктоло́гія (konfliktolóhija), Catalan conflictologia, and other language equivalents.

Questions about conflictology

What does conflictology mean?
Conflictology means conflict resolution: the method and process involved in facilitating the peaceful ending of conflict and retribution.
What part of speech is conflictology?
Conflictology is a noun.

Words near conflictology in the dictionary

  1. conflictogenetic
  2. conflictogenic
  3. conflictological
  4. conflictologist
  5. conflictologists
  6. conflictology
  7. conflictory
  8. conflicts
  9. conflicts of interest
  10. conflicts out
  11. conflictual

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