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agonistic
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As an adjective, agonistic means of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks.
Meanings of agonistic
6 meaningsadjective
Of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks; athletic.
zoologyanthropologyCharacterised by conflict or hostility.
rhetoricArgumentative; combative.
Struggling to achieve an effect; strained and contrived.
pharmaceutical effectbiochemistryPertaining to an agonist.
Striving to overcome in argument
“a dialectical and agonistic approach”
Similar: agonistical, combative
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
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