conflictional

English

Etymology

From confliction +‎ -al.

Adjective

conflictional (comparative more conflictional, superlative most conflictional)

1. (rare) Of, pertaining to, or characterized by conflict.
   • 1979, B. P. Angle et al., “The Heroin Addict's View of Personal Change During Methadone Maintenance Treatment,”, in Addiction, volume 74, number 2, page 210:

     These results are conflictional in that despite the patient's own perception of increase in ability to function socially, they are experiencing a considerable increase in somatic distress.

   • 1981, David McBride, M. H. Little, “The Afro-American Elite, 1930-1940: A Historical and Statistical Profile,”, in Phylon, volume 42, number 2, page 105:

     This latter leadership reflected and reinforced more the "consensual" as opposed to "conflictional" political and social tendencies.

   • 2001, David B. Walker, “New Federalism. III. A Reformed System in the Making?”, in International Journal of Public Administration, volume 24, number 1, page 57:

     Out of all this emerged a conflicted federalism, not a genuine New Federalism II, that combined cooperative and coercive, collaborative and conflictional, and independent ("fend for yourself") and interdependent (continuing intergovernmental assistance) features.

Synonyms

• conflictful, conflictive, conflictory, conflictual