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CONFLICT OF INTEREST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does conflict of interest mean?
• CONFLICT OF INTEREST (noun)
The noun CONFLICT OF INTEREST has 1 sense:
1. a situation in which a public official's decisions are influenced by the official's personal interests
Familiarity information: CONFLICT OF INTEREST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A situation in which a public official's decisions are influenced by the official's personal interests
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("conflict of interest" is a kind of...):
situation (a complex or critical or unusual difficulty)
Context examples
The peer-reviewed scientific project is one which proposal was reviewed by experts in the field who are not part of the project staff (in some cases, are not affiliated with the submitting institution), and do not have any conflicts of interest that could bias their opinions.
(Peer-reviewed Scientific Project, NCI Thesaurus)
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