by Primal Conflict May 10, 2024
Get the primal conflictmug. Being a backronym of AADC (the title of an Indonesian movie), "approach-avoidance defensive conflict" refers to the psychological struggle where a single goal has both positive and negative aspects, causing a person to be both drawn to and repelled by it. This internal tension leads to stress and indecision as the individual weighs the pros and cons, and the conflict often results in periods of back-and-forth thinking. Examples include wanting a promotion but dreading the longer hours, or wanting a vacation but being discouraged by the high cost.
She faced an approach-avoidance defensive conflict when she considered accepting the job offer; the salary was great, but the thought of a longer commute made her hesitate.
by Emotional Cruiser October 25, 2025
Get the approach-avoidance defensive conflictmug. Various tactics often used in a protection racket, by legal pros, corporate risk management, and the intelligence community, which are intended to draw enemy targets in to conflict generally, including (especially) conflicting interests.
I'll hire a prostitute to seduce a married target or his spouse, conflicteering him into a fight with his neighbors boss or land lord.
by sage wind October 28, 2021
Get the conflicteeringmug. An unfair-to-the-customer motivation that money-hungry banks have to maintain someone's having to make payments on a loan for as long as possible.
I borrowed a thousand dollars from a local credit-union so that I could pay some local tradespeople to perform much-needed repairs on my home and vehicle. But then as it turned out, these "over-booked with repair-jobs" folks were not able to get to my repairs as soon as they'd expected, and so I didn't need the loaned money nearly so soon as I'd thought I would; I realized that I'd likely be able to pay the carpenters and mechanics "on my own" just with extra-frugality-saved funds over the next few months. So I merely returned the thousand dollars to the credit union within just two or three months after I'd taken out the loan; the clerk seemed none to pleased, since they'd only made about 22 bucks extra in the deal, instead of maybe close to a hundred if I'd taken a year to pay it all back, the way they had expected me to. Guess there was a little conflict of interest there.
by QuacksO November 24, 2019
Get the conflict of interestmug. by mrs tosser August 3, 2025
Get the conflicted Nigelmug. a scene or event with an excessive amount of combat with childish or simplified mechanics with clustered combatants in close to mediumly close proximity to other non friendly combatants
halbert - "wow this 1529 oil painting depicting The Battle of Alexander at Issus has a real hyper conflict going on huh james"
James - "this is why your girlfriend left you"
James - "this is why your girlfriend left you"
by the F.D.A November 21, 2024
Get the Hyper conflictmug. That guy over there is so conflictated.
by Barksdale January 13, 2008
Get the Conflictatedmug.