About The Word Agonistic
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Agonistic
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What's The Definition Of Agonistic?
[adj] struggling for effect; "agonistic poses"
[adj] striving to overcome in argument; "a dialectical and agonistic approach" Synonyms | Synonyms for Agonistic: affected | agonistical | combative | competitive | competitory | strained | unnatural Related Terms | Find terms related to Agonistic: See Also | Agonistic In Webster's Dictionary \Ag`o*nis"tic\, Agonistical \Ag`o*nis"tic*al\, a. [Gr.
?. See {Agonism}.]
Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining
to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence,
strained; unnatural.
As a scholar, he [Dr. Parr] was brilliant, but he
consumed his power in agonistic displays. --De Quincey.
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