(literary theory) A conflict that is between a character and an external force, such as another character.

(literary theory) A psychological conflict that is internal to a character. / (by extension) Mental struggle arising from competing feelings, desires, impulses, etc.

plural of conflict of interest

(sociology) a conflict among the roles corresponding to two or more statuses.

(international law, military) A contested incompatibility that entails the use of armed force between two parties including a territory, the government of a state, or both.

(education, psychology) A Piagetian form of cognitive training in which a person who does not yet understand a concept and others who do understand it are encouraged to discuss it as a group and formulate a consensus.

plural of role conflict

Dominated or plagued by conflict.

A historiographical approach in the history of science, maintaining that there is an intrinsic intellectual conflict between religion and science and that it inevitably leads to hostility.

(transitive, law) To eliminate (a legal representative) due to a conflict of interest.