confrontation
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confrontation
- /ˌkɒn.fɹənˈteɪ.ʃən/ UK
- /ˌkɑn.fɹənˈteɪ.ʃən/ US
- /ˌkɔn.fɹənˈtæɪ.ʃən/ Australia
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Middle French.
Morphologically confront + -ation.
noun confrontations
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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)[…]
Similar: confrontal, showdown
- A conflict between armed forces.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: encounter, showdown, opposition, confront, conflict, rivalry, combating, strife, contention, fight, battle, altercation, contest, encountering, controversy, struggle
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noun the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
| Español | confrontación |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 대결 daegyeol, 대치 daechi, 대립 daerip |
| 日本語 | 対決 taiketsu, 対立 tairitsu, 直面 chokumen |
| 中文 | 對峙 /对峙 duìzhì, 對質 /对质 duìzhì |
| हिन्दी | मुक़ाबला muqāblā, आमना-सामना āmnā-sāmnā |
| Português | confronto, briga |
| Français | confrontation |
| Deutsch | Konfrontation, Gegenüberstellung |
| Italiano | confronto |
| Română | confruntare |
| Русский | конфронта́ция konfrontácija, противостоя́ние protivostojánije, противобо́рство protivobórstvo |
| العربية | مُوَاجَهَة muwājaha, مُجَابَهَة mujābaha |
| עברית | עִמּוּת \ עימות 'imut |
noun a conflict between armed forces
| 한국어 | 충돌 chungdol |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 衝突 shōtotsu |
| 中文 | 衝突 /冲突 chōngtū, chōngtú |
| Português | confronto |
| Français | confrontation |
| Deutsch | Konfrontation, Auseinandersetzung |
| Italiano | scontro |
| Русский | конфронта́ция konfrontácija, противостоя́ние protivostojánije, столкнове́ние stolknovénije, сты́чка stýčka |
Talk about this word "confrontation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/confrontation. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. confrontation. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/confrontation "confrontation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/confrontation.Cite this
@misc{confrontation_2026,
title = {confrontation},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/confrontation},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
