Actualization of Confrontation in Political Discourse

The article concentrates on the actualization of confrontation in political discourse as a manifestation asocial dominance, which can potentially be conflict-instigating depending subjective perception addressee. An important role this listener is played by number factors, for example, level education, nationality, party membership. paper case study texts parliamentarian speeches various parties State Duma from transcripts meetings 2022. results Russian-language made it possible to identify following communicative strategies and their corresponding tactics that actualize confrontational dominant behavior: disapproval strategy (tactics: negative assessment opponent’s intellectual qualities, criticism actions, disagreement with opinion, insult, labeling), accusation injustice, ignoring moral norms values, reproach understatement dishonesty, current situation), intimidating opponent exaggeration consequences, formation fear, warning threat, reference past), pressing showing off one's own merits, teaching addressee addresser, calling opposite behavior, opposing oneself another person status). In all above, phenomenon dominance actualized aspect not aimed at cooperation, but emphasizing personal ambitions politician or party.