Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, in Sep. 2012
The most frequent use of the word struggle is to refer to a fight, a battle or a combat, between two or more individuals, or sides, which may or may not involve weapons.
Fight between sides or people, for the dispute of something and that may or may not involve the use of weapons
Such a confrontation may take place within the framework of a military dispute between two militias that use the fight as means to measure their forces and finally obtain the reason for the dispute, which may be autonomy over a territory, among other alternatives; or failing that, it can be established between two individuals who also measure their strength to obtain the object that leads them to engage in a fight.
A way to achieve dominance of a territory or town
Armed, military struggle has traditionally been the way in which peoples or nations are faced when settling their political, social, economic, territorial differences, between other
The armed might that a nation or people it held was decisive when it came to being able to impose itself on others, and on this basis it is that it was delineating the
scheme of power in the whole world.The winners in the confrontation were those who were left with the "loot" in dispute.
Fights over material goods that are settled in justice
It should be noted that human beings also engage in struggles over material issues that they believe correspond to them.
Normally they are litigated in the judicial sphere and require the intervention of a court that will decide the fate of what is disputed.
For example, the ownership of a department is one of the most frequent disputes of this type to appreciate.
One or more people face in court to determine who owns the property of that department.
Each party will be represented by a lawyer and must provide evidence to validate their claim to ownership.
Meanwhile, they will be verified by a judge or court, which will decide based on them who will corresponds to stay with that department, or in some cases, it may be determined that they are to share the property.
But it is not exclusively between humans that the fight can take place, likewise, animals usually engage in fights for different reasons, among which are: the possession of a territory, defense of their food, their tribe, others.
Sport: hand-to-hand confrontation between two rivals
Moreover, at the urging of some contact sports, such as martial arts, boxing, wrestlingAmong the most prominent, it is common to speak in terms of struggle to express the confrontation between two rivals who will compete to achieve the place of winner in the competence in question.
Wrestling is a sport very popular in the world that has spectacular characteristics, that is, it is presented in scene as a show, and that consists of the confrontation between two characters who fight hand-to-hand in the framework of intense combats.
The uniqueness of this practice is that it combines combat disciplines such as karate and boxing, with scenic art, and on its basis the fighting will be represented that involve two fighters who have a history of rivalry with each other, and who know how to represent good and evil, that is, one is the hero and the other the villain.
It should be noted that this sport has a huge number of followers around the world, even arousing great fanaticism for the fighters involved.
The broadcasting of these fights on television, through specialized programs, has made wrestling a fantastic television show that accumulates high ratings.
Politics: dispute between two antagonistic positions
Also, in the world of politics and ideas It is common to speak of struggle when two opposing positions confront each other with the mission of achieve a space of power or manage to impose certain principles over others, respectively.
Manifest the complexity of an activity or event
And in the language colloquial It is also usual to use the word fight to express how difficult it is to face an activity or a situation. “It's a struggle for me to quit smoking, I couldn't get it no matter how hard I try and try.”
Among the most used synonyms of this word we find fight and fight and its opposite concept is that of peace, which refers to the absence of confrontation and the presence of harmony.
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