Tending to cause conflict; characterized by or producing disagreement and struggle.
From conflict plus the suffix -ive meaning 'tending to' or 'characterized by.' Maintains the Latin root conflictus (struck together).
A conflictive person or situation doesn't necessarily have conflict happening right now, but has the quality or tendency to generate conflict—like a personality that easily rubs people the wrong way.
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