A heated or angry argument or fight between people.
From Latin 'altercatio' meaning 'quarrel,' derived from 'altercari' meaning 'to wrangle.' The root 'alter' means 'other,' suggesting conflict between different parties.
Road rage creates altercations between people who'll never meet again, but in traditional societies where you see the same people daily, altercations were rarer because people valued ongoing relationships!
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