adversarial
adjective/ˌædvəˈseəriəl/
/ˌædvərˈseriəl/
(formal or specialist)- (especially of political or legal systems) involving people who are in opposition and who argue against each other
- the adversarial nature of the two-party system
- an adversarial system of justice
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