confliction
confliction Lexical Profile
confliction Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A state of internal emotional struggle, ambivalence, or being torn between opposing feelings or desires.
"She felt a deep sense of confliction over whether to accept the promotion abroad or stay close to her aging parents."
The act or an instance of conflicting; a clash, struggle, or collision between opposing forces or ideas.
"The historical treatise examined the bitter confliction of rival political factions during the seventeenth century."
Word Nuance & Usage
In standard modern English, the noun "conflict" is almost always preferred over "confliction"; "confliction" is largely obsolete for external clashes and is occasionally criticized as nonstandard when used to mean emotional ambivalence.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the 15th century from Late Latin conflictio, a noun of action from Latin confligere ("to strike together, contend"), from com- ("together") and fligere ("to strike").