Infighting

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  • noun. Contentious rivalry or disagreement among members of a group or organization.
  • noun. Fighting or boxing at close range.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In boxing, fighting at close quarters, where only short-arm blows can be delivered.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. contention among members of the same organization (usually concealed from outsiders), sometimes of a bitter, intense, or prolonged character.
  • noun. fighting, such as boxing, at close quarters.
  • noun. rough-and-tumble, free-for-all fighting.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Fighting or quarreling among the members of a single group or side.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. conflict between members of the same organization (usually concealed from outsiders)
  • noun. boxing at close quarters
    • Word Usage
    "Jacob Zuma on Sunday spoke out against what he described as infighting within the ruling African National Congress."
    cross-reference
    circular firing squad  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    boxing  combat  fight  fighting  fisticuffs  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Protestantism  Tatum  as-yet-unidentified  backbiting  bicker  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Chinese boxing  aggressiveness  bellicosity  belligerence  bickering  
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