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confrontation

noun
/ˌkɒn.fɹənˈteɪ.ʃən/UK/ˌkɑn.fɹənˈteɪ.ʃən/US/ˌkɔn.fɹənˈtæɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From Middle French. Morphologically confront + -ation.

  1. derived from confronto
  2. borrowed from confronter
  3. suffixed as confrontation — “confront + ation”

Definitions

  1. The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face to face.

  2. A conflict between armed forces.

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Derived

autoconfrontation, carefrontation, confrontational, confrontationism, confrontationist, nonconfrontation, reconfrontation, self-confrontation

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at confrontation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at confrontation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at confrontation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA