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conflictual, a.|kənˈflɪktjuːəl, -tʃuːəl| [f. conflict n. + -ual, as in habitual, sensual, etc.; cf. F. conflictuel, It. conflittuale, f. L. (u-stem) conflictus.] Of, pertaining to, or characterized by conflict; of a situation, etc.: having conflict as an essential component.
1961in Webster. 1963Arch. Gen. Psychiatry VIII. 229/1 It is extremely difficult to devise..a request for marital partners to behave differently..when their usual ways of behaving are conflictual. 1969G. S. Jones in Cockburn & Blackburn Student Power 48 The relationship between the four functional groups in higher education is..spontaneously and inherently conflictual. 1976T. Nichols in Nichols & Armstrong Workers Divided i. 48 ‘Conditions’ is an issue which is..likely..to provide primary experience and reflection on the basically conflictual nature of industry. 1979Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 Dec. 1557/1 Diagnosis: Standard conflictual anxiety and maturational variations, complicated by acute depression. 1985R. C. A. White Admin. Justice ii. iii. 19 Others favour ‘hard’ policing and see the overriding model as being conflictual. |