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Confrontation

Noun CEFR C1
ˌkɒn.fɹənˈteɪ.ʃən

Definitions

  1. The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face to face.
    countable, uncountable
  2. A conflict between armed forces.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

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Examples

“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)[…]”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Confrontational confrontationalism confrontationalist confrontationality confrontationism confrontationist

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