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/kˌɑnfrəntˈeɪʃən/ Listen

Confrontation

noun

A bold challenge.

Discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions.

A hostile disagreement face-to-face. Synonyms: encounter, face-off, showdown.

The act of hostile groups opposing each other. Synonym: opposition. "The invaders encountered stiff opposition"

A focussed comparison; bringing together for a careful comparison.

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"Confrontation" Quotes from Famous Books

... salaries and playing conditions improved. Tardy and partial payment of salary was the surface sore point, unprincipled and unwarranted manipulation by the managers the underlying one. As the Macklin-Garrick quarrel attests,[2] the conflict was not only between labor and management; but the latter confrontation is central to the conflict in 1743 and the subject of The Case of Mrs. Clive Submitted to the Publick, published in October, 1744, by which time Catherine (Kitty) Clive had established herself as not only first lady of comedy but also as somewhat of a patriot of the acting ...

— The Case of Mrs. Clive • Catherine Clive

... that she was nerving herself not to flinch at this confrontation with the practical. He saw too that her courage and her self-command would have deceived any one but him. The very pluck with which she nodded her comprehension of his idea, and her sympathy with it, enraged him to a point at which, ...

— The Wild Olive • Basil King

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