Escalation is the phenomenon of something getting more intense step by step, for example a quarrel, or, notably, military presence and nuclear armament during the Cold War. (Compare to escalator, a device that lifts something to a higher level.)

In psychology it is a change in behavior, usually from stable or acceptable towards unstable or unacceptable.

See alsoEdit

• Conflict escalation
• Escalation of commitment
• Irrational escalation
• De-escalation
• Escalated fighting

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