• n.
    ⦿a balance between and interplay of opposing elements or tendencies (especially in art or literature)
    lexical concept
  • there is a tension between these approaches to understanding history
  • there is a tension created between narrative time and movie time

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechnoun
ontolex:lexicalized senseenl:tension
wn:interlingual indexili:i110521

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skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:labeltension