About The Word Confrontation

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Confrontation

Confrontation Meaning & Definition
Confrontation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Confrontation?

[n] a focussed comparison; bringing together for a careful comparison
[n] the act of opposing groups confronting each other; "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition"
[n] a hostile disagreement face-to-face
[n] discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions
[n] a bold challenge

Synonyms | Synonyms for Confrontation: encounter | opposition | showdown

Related Terms | Find terms related to Confrontation: allegory | analogy | antagonism | anteposition | antipathy | antithesis | audience | balancing | bargaining | bargaining session | clashing | collision | collision course | comparative anatomy | comparative degree | comparative grammar | comparative judgment | comparative linguistics | comparative literature | comparative method | compare | comparing | comparison | conclave | confab | confabulation | conference | conflict | confrontment | congress | consultation | contention | contradiction | contradistinction | contraindication | contraposition | contrariety | contrast | contrastiveness | convention | correlation | council | council fire | council of war | counterposition | cross-purposes | disagreement | discrepancy | discussion | distinction | distinctiveness | encounter | exchange of views | eyeball-to-eyeball encounter | high-level talk | hostility | huddle | inconsistency | inimicalness | interchange of views | interview | joining | likening | matching | meeting | metaphor | narrow squeak | near thing | near-miss | negotiations | news conference | opposing | oppositeness | opposition | opposure | oppugnance | oppugnancy | palaver | parallelism | parley | perversity | polar opposition | polarity | polarization | posing against | pourparler | powwow | press conference | proportion | relation | rencontre | repugnance | seance | session | showdown | simile | similitude | sitting | summit | summit conference | summitry | trope of comparison | weighing

See Also | challenge | comparing | comparison | disagreement | discord | dissension | resistance | strikebreaking

Confrontation In Webster's Dictionary

\Con`fron*ta"tion\, n. [LL. confrontatio.] Act of confrontating. --H.Swinburne.

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