Background and Conflict

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Background noun - The physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed.

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Conflict and background are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Conflict" instead a noun "Background".

Conflict noun - A lack of agreement or harmony.

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Background and conflict are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Background" instead a noun "Conflict".

Nearby Words: conflicting, conflicted

similar	similar background	similar conflict
original	original background	original conflict
true	true background	true conflict
single	single background	single conflict
Other adjectives: actual, entire, real, little, main, social, new, religious, minor, military, cultural, racial, historical, ethnic.

In "The Break-Up," this causes some conflict between Tracy (a black man from an impoverished background) and Twofer (a Harvard-educated black man from a middle-class background).

Source: The Whitest Black Guy
The main conflict begins when a girl from a middle-class background, the protagonist Nanako Misonoo, is somehow chosen to be a member of it, eliciting the anger and envy of many others.

Source: Absurdly Powerful Student Council
The Viskeons, a race mentioned in the background for an Inquisitor special character, believed in honorable conflict and so completely disdained ranged weaponry.

Source: Proud Warrior Race Guy

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