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Synonyms for confrontation

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kon-fruh n-tey-shuh n, -fruhn-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒn frənˈteɪ ʃən, -frʌn-

Top 10 synonyms for confrontation
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Définition of confrontation

Origin :
  • 1630s, "action of bringing two parties face to face," from Medieval Latin confrontationem, noun of action from past participle stem of confrontare (see confront). International political sense is attested from 1963 and traces to the "Cuban missile crisis" of the previous year.
  • noun conflict
Example sentences :
  • After a period of confrontation, we are entering an era of negotiation.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • They confronted him with Enriquez, and the confrontation no whit disturbed him.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
  • The impression from the confrontation must be a sudden one, give a shock!
  • Extract from : « Three Plays » by Luigi Pirandello
  • Kaltofen was at once re-arrested, and brought into confrontation with Kiessling.
  • Extract from : « Freaks of Fanaticism » by Sabine Baring-Gould
  • On confrontation with the latter he repeated what he had said.
  • Extract from : « Freaks of Fanaticism » by Sabine Baring-Gould
  • It told him to mind the confrontation and to be on his guard with Steinweg.
  • Extract from : « 813 » by Maurice Leblanc
  • And this time the confrontation was too near, too immediate, to be further avoided.
  • Extract from : « Angela's Business » by Henry Sydnor Harrison
  • The Peloponnesian War was the confrontation of two social systems, radically opposed in form, method, and outlook.
  • Extract from : « Creative Intelligence » by John Dewey, Addison W. Moore, Harold Chapman Brown, George H. Mead, Boyd H. Bode, Henry Waldgrave, Stuart James, Hayden Tufts, Horace M. Kallen
  • That was perhaps the worst moment of my life, that confrontation of Semyonov.
  • Extract from : « The Dark Forest » by Hugh Walpole
  • The confrontation of Hardquanonne with Gwynplaine had taken place.
  • Extract from : « The Man Who Laughs » by Victor Hugo

Antonyms for confrontation

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