conflictarian

English

Etymology

From conflict +‎ -arian.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

conflictarian (comparative more conflictarian, superlative most conflictarian)

1. (rare) Characterized by conflicts; tending to have conflicts.
   • 1986, Nigerian Economic Society, The Nigerian economy: a political economy approach‎^[1]:

     The result is an essentially conflictarian model of the society.

   • 2000, Andreas Musolf, Mirror Images of Europe: Metaphors in the Public Debate about Europe in Britain and Germany‎^[2]:

     The most ‘conflictarian’ type of imagery in the corpus is provided by metaphors of war and military action.