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metaconflict

noun

Etymology

From meta- + conflict.

  1. derived from conflictus
  2. prefixed as metaconflict — “meta + conflict”

Definitions

  1. Conflict over whether or how to engage in a conflict.

    • You face this choice repeatedly throughout a conflict; it is so fundamental that parties often get stuck in cycles of metaconflict — conflicting over whether they will engage one another in the conflict.
    • First, the metaconflict places severe constraints on political discourse. Second, it contracts the range of acceptable innovations and future arrangements.

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