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According to Sigmund Freud, conflict often arises between which two parts of the mind?

conflict

[kuhn-flikt, kon-flikt] / kənˈflɪkt, ˈkɒn flɪkt /




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A German union warned of a potential conflict with Volkswagen VOW3 -0.82%decrease; red down pointing triangle after the carmaker said Wednesday that it plans to terminate a number of wage agreements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

California is set to bring back a program aimed at reducing conflict between wild animals and people, as the state’s rebounding wolf population continues to cause concern among ranchers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

The government has defended regulated hunting as one way of managing the elephant population and human-wildlife conflict while generating income for communities.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Nearly half a million people are living displaced in Rakhine as a result of the conflict, UN data says.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

The result is a structural conflict in the nature of science, a conflict whose origins are historical.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife once employed 13 specialists dedicated to resolving human-wildlife conflicts, but it let all but one of them go after funding ran dry in 2024.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

“These conflicts of interest don’t go away just because of the technological advance,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

In particular, it cited rising energy costs, military conflicts, global trade tensions and concerns about inflation which have led to central banks including the US Federal Reserve raising benchmark interest rates.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

New research suggests that the brain may resolve these visual conflicts by allowing different regions to compare their interpretations until a more consistent picture emerges.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

I was beginning to have conflicts about eating animals.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

Activity that conflicted between the two brain regions quickly disappeared, while activity shared by both areas lasted longer.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Photo make-believe: I’m conflicted about the new suite of Apple Intelligence photo-editing tools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Taken to the extreme, conflicted sell-side research fed into the dot-com bubble.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Hurst needed surgery after severely tearing his bicep, and the recovery time would push production into 2027, which reportedly conflicted with filming schedules.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

I wrote the memo the sergeant had asked for, told the truth, and felt conflicted.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

Reconstructing the bat family tree was particularly difficult because different parts of bat genomes can preserve conflicting signals about their evolutionary history.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

For Russia in particular, the territory was a source of constant imperial anxiety owing to the conflicting national ambitions of the Belarusians, Lithuanians, Poles, Ukrainians and others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Ashlee Sellars grapples with two seemingly conflicting beliefs: that Colleen's mother has a right to feel justice has been served and that everyone, including her friend Christa, deserves a chance at redemption.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

When the regions produced conflicting patterns, however, the disagreement faded within a fraction of a second.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

To prevent two conflicting sides from causing damage to each other or their surroundings.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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