- a variation of personality conflict.
personality clash
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personality clashes
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He said the disagreement about whether to allow the pursuit was not the result of a personality clash but was an “abuse of power.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2022
If it’s more of a personality clash, consider changing the lines of reporting.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2021
Still others saw a personality clash rather than a full-blown crisis, arguing at the same time that the U.S.-Israeli relationship was in need of rehabilitation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2014
The personality clash between the two may have as much to do with their respective career trajectories and standings within the party as issues to do with gender politics or ideology.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2012
For some obscure reason there was a "personality clash," the intelligence officer's term, between the pilot and the squadron commander.
From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Edward J. Ruppelt
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