Adversarial

Full definition of adversarial

Adjective

1. Characteristic of, or in the manner of, an adversary; combative, hostile, opposed
• 2012, November 7, Matt Bai, Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, In polling by the Pew Research Center in November 2008, fully half the respondents thought the two parties would cooperate more in the coming year, versus only 36 percent who thought the climate would grow more adversarial.

Antonyms

• cooperative

Derived terms

• adversarial system
• adversarially