a bringing together of ideas, themes, etc., for comparison.
Psychology. a technique used in group therapy, as in encounter groups, in which one is forced to recognize one's shortcomings and their possible consequences.
Sometimes con·front·al[kon-fruhn-tl], /kɒnˈfrʌn tl/, con·front·ment[kon-fruhnt-muhnt] /kɒnˈfrʌnt mənt/ .
Origin of confrontation
First recorded in 1625–35; confront + -ation; compare Medieval Latin confrontātiō, French, Middle French confrontation
For obvious reasons, that increases the likelihood of a violent confrontation.
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The app’s developers claimed the app fostered public safety by letting users locate and avoid confrontations between protesters and police.
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After a confrontation in which he fatally shot one man, police say, Rittenhouse fell while being chased by people trying to disarm him.
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The confrontation, resolved over the weekend, is the latest in a string of clashes centering on the software sales-related growth engine of America’s most valuable company.
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A confrontation with the police could have been very dangerous for Cooper.
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Their confrontation at dinner was, without a doubt, the highlight of the episode.
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A video of the confrontation shot by a bystander shows Garner surrounded by a group of police officers.
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I need some stimulation in my blood,” Bergesio says, “and here you have confrontation.
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Charles Barkley has never been one to shy away from confrontation both on and off the basketball court.
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It was there, Walker pointed out, that the two of them had the overblown “confrontation” that had now taken over his life.
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The high tension of our first confrontation was giving place to a flood of emotional impulse.
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The Peloponnesian War was the confrontation of two social systems, radically opposed in form, method, and outlook.
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And this time the confrontation was too near, too immediate, to be further avoided.
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That was perhaps the worst moment of my life, that confrontation of Semyonov.
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On confrontation with the latter he repeated what he had said.
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British Dictionary definitions for confrontation
confrontation
archaicconfrontment (kɒnˈfrʌntmənt)
/ (ˌkɒnfrʌnˈteɪʃən) /
noun
the act or an instance of confronting
a situation of mutual hostility between two powers or nations without open warfare
a state of conflict between two antagonistic forces, creeds, or ideas etc