adversarial
(adjective)
Characteristic of an opponent; combative, hostile.
Examples of adversarial in the following topics:
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The Rise of Adversarial Journalism
- Adversarial journalism, or gotcha journalism, seeks to reveal wrongdoings of public officials through a variety of premeditated methods.
- Adversarial journalism, or gotcha journalism, is a form of journalism that seeks to uncover wrongdoings of public officials.
- Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254) ended most libel protection recourse for public figures in the United States effectively clearing the way for intrusive or adversarial reportage into the public or private affairs of public figures by news media outlets whether newspapers, TV or radio.
- Sarah Palin was very critical of adversarial journalism during her campaign bid in 2008.
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Team Conflict Resolution and Management
- Mediating approaches bring in a third party to facilitate a non-confrontational, non-adversarial discussion with the goal of helping the team reach a consensus about how to resolve the conflict.
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Techniques for Reaching a Group Consensus
- Consensus decision making is not adversarial or competitive, but rather seeks to do what is best for the group.
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Mass Media and Technology
- A technique employed to avoid bias is the "round table," an adversarial format in which representatives from opposing views comment on an issue.
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War
- When evenly adversaries decide that a conflict has resulted in a stalemate, they may cease hostilities to avoid further loss of life and property.
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The Argument for Barriers
- It is also true that national security could be compromised by the export of certain dual-use products that, while commercial in nature, could also be used to produce products that might confer a military advantage to U.S. adversaries.
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The Overall Strategy
- Strategy is all about gaining (or being prepared to gain) a position of advantage over adversaries, or best exploiting emerging possibilities.
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Handling a Fork
- The fork was deliberately non-adversarial: the EGCS developers did not, at any point, try to portray their version of GCC as a new official version.
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The Sixth Amendment and the Right to Counsel
- Brewer goes on to conclude that once adversarial proceedings have begun against a defendant, he has a right to legal representation when the government interrogates him and that when a defendant is arrested, "arraigned on an arrest warrant before a judge" and "committed by the court to confinement . . . there can be no doubt that judicial proceedings have been initiated."
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Biological Weapons
- Biological weapons may be employed in various ways to gain a strategic or tactical advantage over an adversary, either by threats or by actual deployments.