confrontational
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con·fron·ta·tion
(kŏn′frŭn-tā′shən)n.
1. The act of confronting or the state of being confronted, especially a meeting face to face.
2.
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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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
[ˌkɒnfrʌnˈteɪʃənəl] adj [approach, style, stance, attitude, politics] → conflictuel(le)Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
confrontational
[ˌkɒnfrənˈteɪʃənəl] adj → polemico/a, aggressivo/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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adj desafianteEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.