confrontative

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adjective

confrontational

Scrabble 21

Meanings

adjectiveconfrontative (comparative more confrontative, superlative most 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
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    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

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APA

confrontative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confrontative

MLA

“confrontative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confrontative. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “confrontative,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confrontative.

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