confrontation en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌkɑn.fɹənˈteɪ.ʃən/ (US)
- /ˌkɔn.fɹənˈtæɪ.ʃən/ (Australia)
- (UK) audio
- /ˌkɒn.fɹənˈteɪ.ʃən/ (UK)
Etymology
From Middle French. Morphologically confront + -ation.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face to face.
During the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, this commitment brought him into frequent critical confrontation with entrenched forms of conservative thinking (in academic areas from history and social science to the more abstract domains of ethical and political philosophy)[…]
1999, Nicholas Walker, “The Reorientation of Critical Theory: Habermas”, in Simon Glemdinning, editor, The Edinburgh Encyclopedia of Continental Philosophy, Routledge, →ISBN, page 489:
- (countable, uncountable) A conflict between armed forces.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| confrontations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
carefrontation · confrontational · self-confrontation · autoconfrontation · nonconfrontation · confrontationism · confrontationist · reconfrontation
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (102)
de Gegenüberstellung (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · ca confrontament (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · fi vaatiminen (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · he עִמּוּת \ עימות (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · be канфранта́цыя (a conflict between armed forces) · mk спротивставу́вање (a conflict between armed forces) · hi आमना-सामना (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · it scontro (a conflict between armed forces) · fa-ira تَقابُل (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · cmn 對質 /对质 (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · uk протистоя́ння (a conflict between armed forces) · kmr tûşîbûn (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · hi मुक़ाबला (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · fi yhteenotto (a conflict between armed forces) · nl confrontatie (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · pt briga (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · it confronto (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · bg стълкнове́ние (a conflict between armed forces) · de Konfrontation (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · pl konfrontacja (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · mk су́дир (a conflict between armed forces) · ru сты́чка (a conflict between armed forces) · be сутыкне́нне (a conflict between armed forces) · ru противостоя́ние (a conflict between armed forces) · ar مُجَابَهَة (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · pt confronto (a conflict between armed forces) · fi konfrontaatio (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · mk пре́сметка (a conflict between armed forces) · mk спротивставу́вање (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · tg тақобул (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · bg противопоста́вяне (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · uk конфронта́ція (a conflict between armed forces) · ko 대치 (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · ru столкнове́ние (a conflict between armed forces) · kmr pevçûn (a conflict between armed forces) · bg конфронта́ция (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · cs konfrontace (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · tg конфронтатсия (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · nn konfrontasjon (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · et konfrontatsioon (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · pt confronto (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · ru противостоя́ние (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · hu konfrontáció (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · ur آمْنا سامْنا (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · da konfrontation (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · uk су́тичка (a conflict between armed forces) · ko 대립 (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · uk протистоя́ння (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · cmn 對峙 /对峙 (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · ru конфронта́ция (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · sq ballafaqim (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · ckb بەرەنگار (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · be супрацьстая́нне (a conflict between armed forces) · kmr rûbirûbûn (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · uk зі́ткнення (a conflict between armed forces) · be канфранта́цыя (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · ko 충돌 (a conflict between armed forces) · sh конфронта́ција (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · fi yhteenotto (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · de Konfrontation (a conflict between armed forces) · ru противобо́рство (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · sk konfrontácia (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · et vastasseis (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · fa-ira مُقابِلِه (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · bg би́тка (a conflict between armed forces) · ckb بەرەنگاربوونەوە (a conflict between armed forces) · ja 直面 (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · fa-ira رویارویی (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · ca enfrontament (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · az qarşıdurma (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · ko 대결 (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · be супрацьстая́нне (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · sv konfrontation (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · ca afrontament (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · lv konfrontācija (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · ja 衝突 (a conflict between armed forces) · be суты́чка (a conflict between armed forces) · ru конфронта́ция (a conflict between armed forces) · ro confruntare (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · fr confrontation (a conflict between armed forces) · sh konfrontácija (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · mk конфронта́ција (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · ur مُقابْلَہ (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · de Auseinandersetzung (a conflict between armed forces) · nb konfrontasjon (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · uk конфронта́ція (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · kmr şer (a conflict between armed forces) · fa-ira مُواجَهِه (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · fr confrontation (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · es confrontación (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · ja 対決 (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · az qarşıdurma (a conflict between armed forces) · ja 対立 (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · ca confrontació (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · lt konfrontacija (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · cmn 衝突 /冲突 (a conflict between armed forces) · ar مُوَاجَهَة (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · nl confrontatie (a conflict between armed forces) · sq kundërvënie (a conflict between armed forces) · sl soočenje (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · hu szembesítés (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) · bg конфронта́ция (a conflict between armed forces)