Confrontation Definition & Meaning

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Confrontation

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.

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

Confrontation In Webster's Dictionary

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

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