conflictprone
Conflictprone is an adjective used to describe people, groups, or situations that are unusually likely to experience or generate conflicts, disputes, or disagreements. It is often used in social science, organizational studies, and political discourse to indicate a predisposition toward contentious interactions rather than consensus-building.
The term is a compound of conflict and prone, following common English patterns such as risk-prone or
Usage examples include describing a debate climate as conflictprone, or labeling a project team as conflictprone
Alternative terms include confrontational, quarrelsome, or antagonistic, while conflict avoidance describes the opposite tendency. The concept