infighting

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: in=fight=ing
• COUNT in NET: 1 in 1 verses (in NT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

infighting, n. [in- + fighting.].

•  contention among members of the same organization (usually concealed from outsiders), sometimes of a bitter, intense, or prolonged character.

  "[Such infighting may lead to factionalism.]"  [PJC]
•  fighting, such as boxing, at close quarters.  [PJC]
•  rough-and-tumble, free-for-all fighting.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

infighting, n.
1 hidden conflict or competitiveness within an organization.
2 boxing at closer quarters than arm's length.

Derivative

infighter n.

THESAURUS

infighting

Chinese boxing, aggressiveness, bellicosity, belligerence, bickering, bout, boxing, boxing match, close fighting, combativeness, contentiousness, dissension, dissent, dissidence, faction, factiousness, fighting, fisticuffs, flak, irascibility, irritability, litigiousness, partisan spirit, partisanship, prizefight, prizefighting, pugilism, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness, savate, shadowboxing, shrewishness, spar, the clinches, the fights, the ring