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conflict theory

conflict theory

1. any conceptual analysis of the causes and consequences of interpersonal conflict.

2. more specifically, a sociological approach that stresses the inevitability of conflict in any setting in which resources are unevenly distributed among interactants. See realistic group conflict theory.

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