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conflictual

/kənˈflɪk(t)ʃuəl/

conflictual adjective: characterized by conflict.

Adjective

conflictual (comparative more conflictual, superlative most conflictual)

  1. Characterized by conflict.
    • Mary is sister to the marginalized women who live unchronicled lives in oppressive situations. It does her no honor to rip her out of her conflictual, dangerous historical circumstances and transmute her into an icon of a peaceful, middle-class life robed in royal blue.2000 June 17, Elizabeth A. Johnson, “Mary of Nazareth: Friend of God and Prophet”, in America, volume 182, number 21

Forms of conflictual

comparativemore conflictual
superlativemost conflictual

Origin of conflictual

From conflict + -ual.

Words formed from conflictual

Questions about conflictual

What does conflictual mean?
Conflictual means characterized by conflict.
What part of speech is conflictual?
Conflictual is an adjective.
How do you pronounce conflictual?
Conflictual is pronounced /kənˈflɪk(t)ʃuəl/.

Words near conflictual in the dictionary

  1. conflictology
  2. conflictory
  3. conflicts
  4. conflicts of interest
  5. conflicts out
  6. conflictual
  7. conflictuality
  8. conflictually
  9. confloption
  10. confloptions
  11. conflorescence

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