Definition of Escalations. Meaning of Escalations. Synonyms of Escalations

- Look up escalation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Escalation is the process of increasing or rising, derived from the concept of an escalator. Specific...
- escalation. De-escalation may also refer to approaches in conflict resolution, by which specific measures are taken to avoid behaviours that escalate...
- Conflict escalation is the process by which conflicts grow in severity or scale over time. That may refer to conflicts between individuals or groups in...
- Privilege escalation is the act of exploiting a bug, a design flaw, or a configuration oversight in an operating system or software application to gain...
- Escalation of commitment is a human behavior pattern in which an individual or group facing increasingly negative outcomes from a decision, action, or...
- Technological escalation describes the situation where two parties in competition tend to employ continual technological improvements in their attempt...
- Nuclear escalation is the concept of a conflict escalating from conventional warfare to nuclear warfare. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)...
- Horizontal escalation is a direct contrast to vertical escalation which employs types of weapons not previously used in the conflict. That type of escalation also...
- Escalation dominance refers to a nation's ability to control the escalation ladder in a conflict, ensuring that it can escalate or de-escalate the situation...
- An escalation clause is a clause in a lease or contract that allows for a change in the agreed-upon price in response to a specific factor that is outside...