adversarial
B2CEFR level
45/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister
Law adjective
Characterised by opposing parties contesting a matter against each other.
Mediation offers a break from the adversarial posture that litigation forces on the parties.
Business adjective
Characterised by opposition or conflict between sides.
Mediation was chosen precisely to avoid the adversarial tone of a courtroom.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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