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confrontative

confrontative adjective: confrontational.

Adjective

confrontative (comparative more confrontative, superlative most confrontative)

  1. confrontational
    • Popert believes that BP׳s circulation began to slip at least in part because of their growing timidity in offering confrontative coverage, not because of that coverage.1986 February 15, Elizabeth Pincus, “The Passing of Canada's Body Politic”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 39, page 3
    • ONE reason women choose other women as targets “is probably some idea that they can find a less confrontative person or someone less likely to respond to aggression with aggression,” said Gary Namie, research director for the Workplace Bullying Institute, which ordered the study in 2007.2009 May 10, Mickey Meece, “Backlash: Women Bullying Women at Work”, in New York Times

Forms of confrontative

comparativemore confrontative
superlativemost confrontative

Origin of confrontative

From confront + -ative.

Questions about confrontative

What does confrontative mean?
Confrontative means confrontational.
What part of speech is confrontative?
Confrontative is an adjective.

Words near confrontative in the dictionary

  1. confrontationally
  2. confrontationism
  3. confrontationist
  4. confrontationists
  5. confrontations
  6. confrontative
  7. confronte
  8. confronted
  9. confronted one's demons
  10. confronter
  11. confronters

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