A confrontation can occur when two or more people or groups argue or fight over something. Suppose two men start discussing soccer in a bar. The discussion escalates until both begin to insult and push each other. The confrontation continues in the street, where they are fist punched. In this case, the two individuals confront each other with violence, each pretending to defend his position and impose his ideas on the other.
Among the synonyms of this word we have: seized, altercation, clash, skirmish, brawl, quarrel, skirmish, brawl, altercation, battle, combat, discussion, dispute, encounter, etc.
In all areas of life there are confrontations between people, groups, entities, countries, among others, regarding common interests, ideas, ideologies, or the way in which some issues are appreciated or resolved; in some cases they are resolved harmoniously, that is, by talking and agreeing to follow a common path to avoid encountering disagreements again.
Of course, not all confrontations lead to physical aggression. It is often said that two subjects confront each other if they have a heated dialogue that includes accusations, complaints or verbal attacks. A conservative deputy and a socialist legislator, to cite one case, can lead a dialectical confrontation in a debate on TV.
On the other hand, in the field of sport it is frequent that we come across this word, which is widely used to account for the sporting encounter between two teams, in the case of team sports or two players, in those individual sports. The confrontation between Boca and River ended in a draw at zero.
The confrontation arises from a conflict between several people or groups as mentioned above, because the behavior of one harms the achievement of objectives (interests, needs, desires or value) that the other pursues and its consequences can be negative or positive.
However; In the workplace and business, the most common causes are changes in the organizational structure, lack of coordination between people or groups that depend on each other, opposing points of view, different objectives between departments within the organization, communication problems, style of ineffective leadership; and mistrust among people.
The notion of civil confrontation, on the other hand, refers to a conflict carried out by different sectors of a population. In exchange, a military confrontation involves the struggle between conventional armed forces (armies).
