confrontational

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con·fron·ta·tion

(kŏn′frŭn-tā′shən)

1. The act of confronting or the state of being confronted, especially a meeting face to face.

a. A conflict involving armed forces: a nuclear confrontation.

b. Discord or a clash of opinions and ideas: an age of ideological confrontation.

3. A focused comparison: an essay that brought elements of biography, autobiography, and general European history into powerful, meaningful confrontation.

con′fron·ta′tion·al adj.

con′fron·ta′tion·ist n.

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con•fron•ta•tion•al

(ˌkɒn frənˈteɪ ʃə nl, -frʌn-)

also con•fron•ta•tive

(ˈkɒn frənˌteɪ tɪv, kənˈfrʌn tə-)

adj.

tending toward or ready for confrontation or conflict.

[1965–70]

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Adj.

confrontational - of or relating to confrontation

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confrontational

[ˌkɒnfrənˈteɪʃənəl] ADJ [approach, attitude, style] → confrontacional, agresivo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

confrontational

[ˌkɒnfrʌnˈteɪʃən^əl] adj [approach, style, stance, attitude, politics] → conflictuel(le)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

confrontational

[ˌkɒnfrənˈteɪʃənəl] adj → polemico/a, aggressivo/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

confrontational

adj desafiante

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