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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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In its latest monthly report, the IEA further trimmed its outlook for global oil demand, reflecting the economic fallout from the conflict and high energy prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Vietnam held funeral rites for more than 700 of its war dead on Wednesday, unearthed in a major push to identify those missing from decades of conflict with France and the United States.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

A male student who appears to be the other person involved in the conflict is rapidly approaching when Xavier vaults over the railing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Cam Eddy founded Impause in February, around when military conflict started to ramp up in the Middle East, pushing up the price of oil.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

What most chipped away at their happiness, however, was the way the conflict with the NSA affected William’s health.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

The conflicts are raw and unresolved, and Churchill forces theatergoers to make up their own minds about the characters’ furious dialect.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

"There are conflicts around the world, economic pressures, debt and a lot of, let's say, competing demands on government's attention," said Schomaker.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Read the risk disclosures, projected returns, debt terms, assumptions, fees and conflicts of interest carefully — and pay attention to how long your $350,000 is locked up.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

Plenty of America’s conflicts have played out in temperatures rivaling this particular July day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

“I believe that the men who endure the dangers of battle—fighting there for us tonight—are helping the entire world avoid far greater conflicts, far wider wars, far more destruction, than this one.”

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

Saint won the Academy Award for best supporting actress for her movie debut in director Elia Kazan's 1954 crime thriller On the Waterfront, playing Edie Doyle, the love interest of Marlon Brando's conflicted ex-boxing docker.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

I knew I wanted a fee-only fiduciary adviser because I didn’t want conflicted, commission-driven advice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

The author himself was conflicted about her, writing Cathy as a dangerous beauty incapable of empathy in his book, yet expressing how dear she was to him in letters to his editor, Pascal Covici.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

In his nearly illegible longhand, he wrote and then tore up several drafts trying to find just the right words to convey his conflicted beliefs.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

The family received conflicting information from hospital staff, Alejandra said, with one doctor telling them that Magaña’s injuries were consistent with a fall, while another said he had likely been asphyxiated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

The report said support across care, education, employment and welfare remains fragmented, with people having to "jump through hoops" and face repeated assessment and conflicting requirements to get support.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

The contrasting results could help explain why earlier studies examining the brains of people with depression have sometimes reached conflicting conclusions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026

The geopolitics of the Horn of Africa are fiendishly complex, with shifting alliances and the involvement of many outside actors with conflicting interests.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

I felt a hundred conflicting things, the great bulk of which canceled out to equal cold and tired and not particularly interested in talking.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs




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