Strife
noun
Serious disagreement or conflict.
He has had many years of political strife.
noun
A constant struggle or battle.
His whole life was a strife against poverty.
noun
Vigorous or bitter conflict or competition.
There was increasing strife in the business sector.
noun
Serious disagreement or conflict.
He has had many years of political strife.
noun
A constant struggle or battle.
His whole life was a strife against poverty.
noun
Vigorous or bitter conflict or competition.
There was increasing strife in the business sector.
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Pro Tip 1/3Conflict Scale
Use 'strife' when the conflict is intense and could potentially escalate.
The boardroom echoed with the sound of corporate strife.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Emotion
'Strife' often implies a sense of frustration or weariness from prolonged conflict.
Years of familial strife had taken a toll on them.
Pro Tip 3/3Human Aspect
Typically, 'strife' involves people or groups, rather than natural events or abstract concepts.
The nation was shattered by civil strife.
Pro Tip 1/3Conflict Scale
Use 'strife' when the conflict is intense and could potentially escalate.
The boardroom echoed with the sound of corporate strife.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Emotion
'Strife' often implies a sense of frustration or weariness from prolonged conflict.
Years of familial strife had taken a toll on them.
Pro Tip 3/3Human Aspect
Typically, 'strife' involves people or groups, rather than natural events or abstract concepts.
The nation was shattered by civil strife.
Pro Tip 1/3Conflict Scale
Use 'strife' when the conflict is intense and could potentially escalate.
The boardroom echoed with the sound of corporate strife.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Emotion
'Strife' often implies a sense of frustration or weariness from prolonged conflict.
Years of familial strife had taken a toll on them.
Pro Tip 3/3Human Aspect
Typically, 'strife' involves people or groups, rather than natural events or abstract concepts.
The nation was shattered by civil strife.
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Steven Pinker and...
and the end depends on the reasoner's passions. Reason can lay out a road map to peace and harmony if the reasoner wants peace and harmony, but it can also lay out a road map to conflict and strife if the reasoner delights in conflict and strife. Can reason force the reasoner to want less cruelty and waste?
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What if a US presidential...
that you almost never have riots and bloodshed and strife after a US election. What I'm talking about is a concession speech. OK, it's ironic, it's the one speech no presidential candidate ever wants to give, and yet, it is that public address that is most important for the health
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The money talk that...
rather than to disclose your full financial history. And yet research shows that your significant other has a large influence on a whole host of your behaviors. Understanding how they handle money is a great way to prevent strife and misunderstandings.
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Why should you read "One...
of civil strife and rampant iniquity. Yet he ended the speech by affirming the possibility of building a better world, to quote, “where no one will be able to decide for others how they die, where love will prove true and happiness be possible,
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A stealthy reimagining...
each expressing their unique way of coping with contemporary life. Through anxiety, humor, longing, vulnerability, joy and outrage. The city was their backdrop. During some particularly dark days of political strife in the country,
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A day in the life of a...
This morning, the omens are troubling. They tell of war and strife, as they often have in recent months. A neighboring tribe, the Redones, have raided their village and stolen cattle in broad daylight twice this fall.
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Jacqueline Novogratz:...
so they could take care of their families better. What we didn't understand, what was happening all around us, with the confluence of fear, ethnic strife and certainly an aid game, if you will, that was playing into
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Why is this painting so...
or does it stand for the brutality of war? In this scene of strife, these animals raise more questions than answers. And additional elements hidden throughout the frame offer even more secrets for close observers.
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Death Row Request PIPE...
a lot of people who I would hire to babysit absolutely not I said to myself daydream all day this way I did with everyday stress and strife back there I just visualized
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The Search for King...
in the far corner of the known world the lights are fading it is the end of the fifth century the beginning of the Dark Ages on the island of the Britain's strife
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Steven Pinker and...
and the end depends on the reasoner's passions. Reason can lay out a road map to peace and harmony if the reasoner wants peace and harmony, but it can also lay out a road map to conflict and strife if the reasoner delights in conflict and strife. Can reason force the reasoner to want less cruelty and waste?
Video examples
What if a US presidential...
that you almost never have riots and bloodshed and strife after a US election. What I'm talking about is a concession speech. OK, it's ironic, it's the one speech no presidential candidate ever wants to give, and yet, it is that public address that is most important for the health
Video examples
The money talk that...
rather than to disclose your full financial history. And yet research shows that your significant other has a large influence on a whole host of your behaviors. Understanding how they handle money is a great way to prevent strife and misunderstandings.
Video examples
Why should you read "One...
of civil strife and rampant iniquity. Yet he ended the speech by affirming the possibility of building a better world, to quote, “where no one will be able to decide for others how they die, where love will prove true and happiness be possible,
Video examples
A stealthy reimagining...
each expressing their unique way of coping with contemporary life. Through anxiety, humor, longing, vulnerability, joy and outrage. The city was their backdrop. During some particularly dark days of political strife in the country,
Video examples
A day in the life of a...
This morning, the omens are troubling. They tell of war and strife, as they often have in recent months. A neighboring tribe, the Redones, have raided their village and stolen cattle in broad daylight twice this fall.
Video examples
Jacqueline Novogratz:...
so they could take care of their families better. What we didn't understand, what was happening all around us, with the confluence of fear, ethnic strife and certainly an aid game, if you will, that was playing into
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Why is this painting so...
or does it stand for the brutality of war? In this scene of strife, these animals raise more questions than answers. And additional elements hidden throughout the frame offer even more secrets for close observers.
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Death Row Request PIPE...
a lot of people who I would hire to babysit absolutely not I said to myself daydream all day this way I did with everyday stress and strife back there I just visualized
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The Search for King...
in the far corner of the known world the lights are fading it is the end of the fifth century the beginning of the Dark Ages on the island of the Britain's strife
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Huma Qureshi
Indian Actress
A lot of issues that we have in the world today rise from the fact that we do not know enough about each other's cultures, that we don't respect each other's origins and there is so much negativity and strife around because we don't know where the other person is coming from.
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Travis Bradberry
American Author
As important as it is to learn how to deal with different kinds of people, truly toxic people will never be worth your time and energy - and they take a lot of each. Toxic people create unnecessary complexity, strife, and, worst of all, stress.
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Charles E. Wilson
American Businessman
That co-operation and peace rather than industrial strife and strikes will best promote the prosperity of the employees the company and all of the people and even strengthen the nation.
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Laurence Olivier
English Actor
Living is strife and torment, disappointment and love and sacrifice, golden sunsets and black storms. I said that some time ago, and today I do not think I would add one word.
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Tim Gunn
American Designer
Life is not a solo act. It's a huge collaboration, and we all need to assemble around us the people who care about us and support us in times of strife.
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Susan Vreeland
American Author
There is so much strife and tension in the world that I find the silent world of paintings from the past both hopeful and healing.
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Rita Marley
Jamaican Singer
With all the strife in the world, we must never forget that there is always a new melody, a new tune, a fresh star.
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Herodotus
Greek Historian
Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
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Aung San Suu Kyi
Burmese Activist
Fires of suffering and strife are raging around the world.
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Virgil
Roman Poet
Passion and strife bow down the mind.
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Huma Qureshi
Indian Actress
A lot of issues that we have in the world today rise from the fact that we do not know enough about each other's cultures, that we don't respect each other's origins and there is so much negativity and strife around because we don't know where the other person is coming from.
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Travis Bradberry
American Author
As important as it is to learn how to deal with different kinds of people, truly toxic people will never be worth your time and energy - and they take a lot of each. Toxic people create unnecessary complexity, strife, and, worst of all, stress.
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Charles E. Wilson
American Businessman
That co-operation and peace rather than industrial strife and strikes will best promote the prosperity of the employees the company and all of the people and even strengthen the nation.
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Laurence Olivier
English Actor
Living is strife and torment, disappointment and love and sacrifice, golden sunsets and black storms. I said that some time ago, and today I do not think I would add one word.
Quote examples
Tim Gunn
American Designer
Life is not a solo act. It's a huge collaboration, and we all need to assemble around us the people who care about us and support us in times of strife.
Quote examples
Susan Vreeland
American Author
There is so much strife and tension in the world that I find the silent world of paintings from the past both hopeful and healing.
Quote examples
Rita Marley
Jamaican Singer
With all the strife in the world, we must never forget that there is always a new melody, a new tune, a fresh star.
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Herodotus
Greek Historian
Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
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Aung San Suu Kyi
Burmese Activist
Fires of suffering and strife are raging around the world.
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Virgil
Roman Poet
Passion and strife bow down the mind.
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