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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

event go
something that happens at a given place and time

act, deed, human action, human activity go
something that people do or cause to happen

speech act go
the use of language to perform some act

disagreement go
the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing

conflict, dispute, difference, difference of opinion
a disagreement or argument about something important

noun.communication

4 Subcategories

collision go
a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
tilt, contention, argument, controversy, contestation, disputation, disceptation, arguing go
a contentious speech act
gap go
a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations
row, quarrel, words, wrangle, run-in, dustup go
an angry dispute