conflictual

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/kənˈflɪk(t)ʃuəl/

adjective

Characterized by conflict.

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Meanings

adjectiveconflictual (comparative more conflictual, superlative most 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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
conflictional

Origin

From conflict + -ual.

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Translations

Italian conflittuale
  • conflittualecharacterized by conflict
Spanish conflictual, conflictivo
  • conflictualcharacterized by conflict
  • conflictivocharacterized by conflict
Cite this entry
APA

conflictual. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conflictual

MLA

“conflictual.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conflictual. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conflictual,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conflictual.

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