Conflictful

/kənˈflɪktfəl/ adjective

Definition

Full of conflicts or disagreements; marked by struggle and opposition between different forces or ideas.

Etymology

From conflict (from Latin conflictus, 'struck together') combined with the suffix -ful meaning 'full of.' The base word originally described physical collision before extending to disagreements.

Kelly Says

While 'conflicted' means uncertain about something, 'conflictful' means the situation itself is bursting with conflict—it describes the environment, not the person in it, and is often used in sociology to describe fractured communities.

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