marital conflict
Domestic partnership tension
Marital conflict is discord or disagreement between spouses.
The term appears in psychology, counseling, and legal contexts where clinical neutrality matters: The children showed behavioral problems associated with marital conflict.
It covers everything from minor arguments to chronic hostility that may end in separation or divorce.
- jealousyResentful desire for another's advantages
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- infidelityDisloyalty to a partner
- criticismJudgment of faults
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
counseling · divorce · health issues · compromise · forgiveness · anger · neglect · miscommunication · growing apart · financial strain · active listening · betrayal · reconciliation · trial separation · irreconcilable differences · passive-aggressiveness · heated argument · avoidance
- marriagebride, groom, wedding, husband, wife
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
- family dynamicsfamily dynamics, family roles, family therapy, sibling rivalry, parenting
marital conflictmarital harmony
Peaceful union between spouses
marital bliss · domestic harmony · wedded bliss · domestic tranquility · partnership
marital conflicthoneymoon phase
Initial period of idealization
honeymoon period · courtship · romantic love · romantic idealism · infatuation