interdispute

English

Etymology

From inter- +‎ dispute.

Adjective

interdispute (comparative more interdispute, superlative most interdispute)

1. Occurring during peaceful times between disputes.
   • 2000, Manus I. Midlarsky, Handbook of War Studies II - Volume 2, →ISBN, page 232:

     Rivalries began with the first dispute and continued as long as there were disputes, assuming that the interdispute waiting time was not too long.

   • 2001, Paul F. Diehl, Gary Goertz, War and Peace in International Rivalry, →ISBN, page 100:

     Instead of using the interdispute period as part of the dependent variable, it appears as the independent variable in the "frustration-aggression" deterrence hypothesis: can early deterrence success lead to failure in later crises?

   • 2016, Lesley G. Terris, Mediation of International Conflicts: A Rational Model, →ISBN, page 47:

     The data set includes 1,853 militarized interstate disputes (MIDs) that capture three types of events: (1) dispute years in which mediation took place, (2) dispute years in which mediation did not take place and (3) mediation attempts that took place in interdispute years.

Noun

interdispute (plural interdisputes)

1. A dispute between multiple groups or rival factions.
   • 1948, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor, Investigation of Associated Actors and Artists of America and Affiliated Union, page 132:

     If I may, prior to your conversation with Mr. Faine and Mr. Fox, I would like to point out — and I think it is important — that during this interdispute that they had between the three labor unions, I was sort of caught in the middle.

   • 1987, Salīm Wākīm, Iran, the Arabs, and the West: the story of twenty-five centuries:

     But alas, the bright civilization of the East produced by several millennia vanished amid the medieval age into which Europe as a whole was plunged. This, chiefly because of its interdisputes and then because of the barbarian onslaughts on their countries.

   • 2002, Individual Employment Rights Cases - Volume 17, page 1189:

     The Legislature appears to have made a policy decision, based on financial interdispute that secondhand tobacco smoke, and its effect on the health of the public, is a matter of deep and abiding public interest.