adversarial
/ædˌvɜːrsəˈriəl/ · ad-ver-sa-ri-al
adjective
- Characteristic of, or in the manner of, an adversary; combative, hostile, opposed. The adversarial tone of the debate made it difficult for the two sides to reach an agreement.
- Relating to or involving an adversary or opponent, especially in a legal or adversarial process. The adversarial system of justice relies on the opposing sides presenting their cases in a court of law.
noun
- A person or entity that is opposed to or in conflict with another. The company's main competitor was seen as an adversarial force in the market.
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Did you know? The term 'adversarial' is often used in the context of artificial intelligence, particularly in the development of adversarial examples, which are inputs to a machine learning model that are designed to cause it to make incorrect predictions.