confrontative
English
Etymology
confront + -ative
Adjective
confrontative (comparative more confrontative, superlative most confrontative)
- confrontational
- 2009 May 10, Mickey Meece, “Backlash: Women Bullying Women at Work”, in New York Times:
- ONE reason women choose other women as targets “is probably some idea that they can find a less confrontative person or someone less likely to respond to aggression with aggression,” said Gary Namie, research director for the Workplace Bullying Institute, which ordered the study in 2007.
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