"internal conflict" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: internal conflicts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} internal conflict (plural internal conflicts)
  1. (literary theory) A psychological conflict that is internal to a character. Categories (topical): Literature Related terms: cognitive dissonance
    Sense id: en-internal_conflict-en-noun-Oei-RGH5 Disambiguation of Literature: 52 48
  2. (by extension) Mental struggle arising from competing feelings, desires, impulses, etc. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Literature
    Sense id: en-internal_conflict-en-noun-sNqAxrSZ Disambiguation of Literature: 52 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 34 66 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 35 65

Inflected forms

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