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Confrontative vs. Confrontational

Confrontative and Confrontational Definitions

Confrontative

To come face to face with, especially with defiance or hostility
I wish to confront my accuser in a court of law.

Confrontational

The act of confronting or the state of being confronted, especially a meeting face to face.

Confrontative

To bring face to face with
The defendant was confronted with incontrovertible evidence of guilt.

Confrontational

A conflict involving armed forces
A nuclear confrontation.

Confrontative

To come up against; encounter
Confronted danger at every turn.

Confrontational

Discord or a clash of opinions and ideas
An age of ideological confrontation.
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Confrontative

To engage in confrontation
"She got no child support. [She] didn't argue or confront" (Gail Sheehy).

Confrontational

A focused comparison
An essay that brought elements of biography, autobiography, and general European history into powerful, meaningful confrontation.

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Confrontational

Pertaining to a confrontation; characterized by, or given to initiating hostile encounter; in-your-face.

Confrontational

Of or relating to confrontation

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