source of conflict
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsourceandconflict
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source
noun[C]
uk/sɔːs/us/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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conflict
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈkɒn.flɪkt/us/ˈkɑːn.flɪkt/
an active disagreement between people with opposing opinions ...
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(Definition ofsourceandconflictfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Though specific scientific hypotheses can come into conflict with religious doctrine, there is no sense in which methodological naturalism is itself asourceofconflict.
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But the scholastic distinction between creator (' creatrix ') and creation and physical and intellectual vision was asourceofconflict.
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Another, and related,sourceofconflictemerges from the ways in which chiefs treat wetlands and their allocation for gardens.
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The archaeological focus is primarily on the individual, since the existence of larger social units is asourceofconflict, in past and present.
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Some aspects of codeswitching appear to be asourceofconflictfor the student teachers while others do not.
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As discussed above, conflict often enables learning and learning can also be a significantsourceofconflict.
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Accounts differ as to thesourceofconflict, but most describe power struggles between chiefs, a violent incident and subsequent departure.
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Animal quotas, introduced first in the 1970s, are a particularsourceofconflict.
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Former spatial arrangements based on the socialist ethos of openness, public and harmony had become a constantsourceofconflict.
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This possiblesourceofconflict(between the familiar, primary meaning and the intended, secondary meaning) is unique to the learning of homonyms' secondary (or less familiar) meanings.
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Since this expectation of linguistic integration has been widely shared both by native-born citizens and immigrants themselves, it has not historically been asourceofconflict.
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This exclusiveness became asourceofconflict.
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Krio identity was simultaneously a source of unity as well as asourceofconflictand tension.
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We have the county boroughs, which have a vested interest in remaining is a fruitfulsourceofconflict.
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That again is a fruitfulsourceofconflict.
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But there is no reason why these powers should be asourceofconflict.
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The majorsourceofconflictin that zone is wage differentials.
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That in itself is asourceofconflict.
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There is a view that ethnicity will supersede ideology as the single most importantsourceofconflictin the next century.
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Ignorance and misunderstanding of the law can be a potentsourceofconflict.
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