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/ˌkɒn.fɹənˈteɪ.ʃən/ · noun
The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face to face..
During the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, this commitment brought him into frequent critical confrontation with entrenched forms of conservative thinking (in academic areas from history and social science to the more abstract domains of ethical and political philosophy)[…]
Use confrontation when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Confrontation means The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face to face..
Common synonyms include confrontal, showdown, opposition, encounter.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
During the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, this commitment brought him into frequent critical confrontation with entrenched forms of conservative thinking (in academic areas from history and social science to the more abstract domains of ethical and political philosophy)[…]
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