Conflict may refer to:

Social sciences

Conflict (process) A conflict is a scenario, situation in which Acceptance, unacceptable differences in interests, expectation (epistemic), expectations, values, and opinions occur in or between individuals or Social group, groups. Definitions Depending on the sour ...

, the general pattern of groups dealing with disparate ideas * Conflict continuum from cooperation (low intensity), to contest, to higher intensity (violence and war) *

Conflict of interest A conflict of interest (COI) is a situation in which a person or organization is involved in multiple wikt:interest#Noun, interests, financial or otherwise, and serving one interest could involve working against another. Typically, this relates t ...

, involvement in multiple interests which could possibly corrupt the motivation or decision-making *

Cultural conflict Cultural conflict is a type of conflict (process), conflict that occurs when different culture, cultural Value (personal and cultural), values and beliefs clash. Broad and narrow definitions exist for the concept, both of which have been used to ...

, a type of conflict that occurs when different cultural values and beliefs clash *

Ethnic conflict An ethnic conflict is a conflict between two or more ethnic groups. While the source of the conflict may be political, social, economic or religious, the individuals in conflict must expressly fight for their ethnic group's position within so ...

, a conflict between two or more contending ethnic groups *

Group conflict Group conflict, or hostilities between different groups, is a feature common to all forms of human social organization (e.g., sports teams, ethnic groups, nations, religions, gangs), and also occurs in social animals. Although group conflict is on ...

, conflict between groups * Intragroup conflict, conflict within groups *

Organizational conflict Organizational conflict, or workplace conflict, is a state of discord caused by the actual or perceived opposition of needs, values and interests between people working together. Conflict takes many forms in organizations. There is the inevi ...

, discord caused by opposition of needs, values, and interests between people working together *

Role conflict Role conflict occurs when there are incompatible demands placed upon a person relating to their job or position. People experience role conflict when they find themselves pulled in various directions as they try to respond to the many statuses th ...

, incompatible demands placed upon a person such that compliance with both would be difficult *

Social conflict Social conflict is the struggle for agency or power in society. Social conflict occurs when two or more people oppose each other in social interaction, and each exerts social power with reciprocity in an effort to achieve incompatible goals bu ...

, the struggle for agency or power in something *

Work–family conflict Work–family conflict occurs when an individual experiences incompatible demands between work and family roles, causing participation in both roles to become more difficult. This imbalance creates conflict at the work-life interface. It is imp ...

, incompatible demands between the work and family roles of an individual

Military

Violence Violence is characterized as the use of physical force by humans to cause harm to other living beings, or property, such as pain, injury, disablement, death, damage and destruction. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines violence a ...

* Armed conflict, often known as

war War is an armed conflict between the armed forces of states, or between governmental forces and armed groups that are organized under a certain command structure and have the capacity to sustain military operations, or between such organi ...

Arts, entertainment, and media

Conflict (narrative) Conflict is a major element of narrative or dramatic structure in literature, particularly European and European diaspora literature starting in the 20th century, that adds a goal and opposing forces to add uncertainty as to whether the goal will ...

, a core literary element

Engineering

Conflict (air traffic control) In air traffic control, separation is the name for the concept of keeping an aircraft outside a minimum distance from another aircraft to reduce the risk of those aircraft colliding, as well as prevent accidents due to secondary factors, such as ...

, a loss of separation between two aircraft * Conflict (revision control), a computer problem wherein multiple editors attempt to edit the same document

As a proper noun

Military

* HMS ''Conflict'', a list of ships with the name ** HMS ''Conflict'' (1873), a schooner launched in 1873 and sold in 1882 ** HMS ''Conflict'' (1894), a ''Conflict''-class destroyer launched in 1894 and sold in 1920

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''Conflict'' (1921 film), an American silent film directed by Stuart Paton * ''Conflict'' (1936 film), an American boxing film starring John Wayne * ''Conflict'' (1937 film), a Swedish drama film directed by Per-Axel Branner * ''Conflict'' (1938 film), a French drama film directed by Léonide Moguy * ''Conflict'' (1945 film), an American suspense film starring Humphrey Bogart * ''Catholics: A Fable'' (1973 film), or ''The Conflict'', a film starring

Martin Sheen Ramón Gerard Antonio Estévez (born August 3, 1940), known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. His work spans over six decades of television and film, and his accolades include three Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and ...

* ''Judith'' (1966 film) or ''Conflict'', a film starring Sophia Loren * ''Samna'' (film) or ''The Conflict'', a 1974 Indian Marathi-language film * ''Samar'' (1999 film) or ''Conflict'', a 1999 Indian film by Shyam Benegal

Games

* ''Conflict'' (series), a 2002–2008 series of war games for the PS2, Xbox, and PC * ''Conflict'' (video game), a 1989 Nintendo Entertainment System war game * '' Conflict: Middle East Political Simulator'', a 1990 strategy computer game

Literature and periodicals

* ''Conflict'' (novel), a 1934 novel by E.V. Timms *''Conflict'', an underground art fanzine by

Gerard Cosloy Gerard Cosloy (born 1964) is an American music industry executive. Biography Cosloy was raised in Wayland, Massachusetts, a western suburb of Boston. While he was in high school, he became involved in the local hardcore punk scene, put together ...

* ''Conflict'', an adventure pulp magazine from 1933 to 1934 that published a story by Margie Harris * ''Conflict'', a wargame magazine that included

board wargames A board wargame is a wargame with a set playing surface or board, as opposed to being played on a computer or in a more free-form playing area as in miniatures games. The modern, commercial wargaming hobby (as distinct from military exercises, ...

Music

Conflict (band) Conflict are an English anarcho-punk band originally based in Eltham in South London. History Formed in 1981, the band's original line up consisted of: Colin Jerwood (vocals), Francisco 'Paco' Carreno (drums), John (bass guitar), Steve (guit ...

, an anarcho-punk band * ''Conflict'' (Sy Smith album), a 2008 R&B album * ''Conflict'' (Jimmy Woods album), a 1963 jazz album * "Conflict", a song by Disturbed from the 2000 album '' The Sickness''

Television

* ''Conflict'' (1978 TV series), a TVB television series * ''Conflict'' (American TV series), a 1956 American television series * "Conflict" (''UFO''), the fourth episode aired of the first series of ''UFO'' * ''Conflict'' (Finnish TV series), also known as ''Konflikti'', a 2024 Finnish-American TV miniseries

Social sciences

Military

Arts, entertainment, and media

Engineering

As a proper noun

Military

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

Games

Literature and periodicals

Music

Television

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