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Confrontation   /kˌɑnfrəntˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Confrontation

noun
1.
A bold challenge.
2.
Discord resulting from a clash of ideas or opinions.
3.
A hostile disagreement face-to-face.  Synonyms: encounter, face-off, showdown.
4.
The act of hostile groups opposing each other.  Synonym: opposition.  "The invaders encountered stiff opposition"
5.
A focussed comparison; bringing together for a careful comparison.



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"Confrontation" Quotes from Famous Books



... salaries and playing conditions improved. Tardy and partial payment of salary was the surface sore point, unprincipled and unwarranted manipulation by the managers the underlying one. As the Macklin-Garrick quarrel attests,[2] the conflict was not only between labor and management; but the latter confrontation is central to the conflict in 1743 and the subject of The Case of Mrs. Clive Submitted to the Publick, published in October, 1744, by which time Catherine (Kitty) Clive had established herself as not only first lady of comedy but also as somewhat of a patriot of the acting ...
— The Case of Mrs. Clive • Catherine Clive
... that she was nerving herself not to flinch at this confrontation with the practical. He saw too that her courage and her self-command would have deceived any one but him. The very pluck with which she nodded her comprehension of his idea, and her sympathy with it, enraged him to a point at which, ...
— The Wild Olive • Basil King
... look he had cast behind, he had seen that the half-dark salon was now brilliantly lighted—where no doubt the whole terrified household was now assembled. He had no fear of being followed; since his confrontation with his own likeness in the mysterious portrait, he understood everything. The apparently supernatural character of his visitation was made plain; his ruffled vanity was soothed—his vindication was complete. He laughed to himself and rolled about, until in his suppressed merriment ...
— Tales of Trail and Town • Bret Harte


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