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Definition of Agonistic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece.

2. Adjective. Striving to overcome in argument. "A dialectical and agonistic approach"

3. Adjective. Struggling for effect. "Agonistic poses"

Definition of Agonistic

1. a. Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural.

Definition of Agonistic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks; athletic. ¹

2. Adjective. (context: zoology anthropology) Characterised by conflict or hostility. ¹

3. Adjective. (rhetoric) Argumentative, combative. ¹

4. Adjective. (pharmacology) Pertaining to an agonist. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Agonistic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Agonistic

agonal thrombus agone agones agonic agonic line agonies agonise agonised agonises agonising

agonisingly agonism agonisms agonist agonistes agonistic (current term) agonistic behaviour agonistic monoclonal antibodies agonistic monoclonal antibody agonistical

agonistically agonists agonization agonize agonized agonizes agonizin' agonizing agonizingly

Literary usage of Agonistic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Rhetoric: Comprising the Substance of the Article in the by Richard Whately (1845)
"... remarked,* in speaking of the Graphic and agonistic styles, — the former, suited to the closet, the latter, to public speaking before a large assembly. ..."

2. Elements of Rhetoric: Comprising the Substance of the Article in the by Richard Whately (1841)
"Aristotle has remarked,* in speaking of the Graphic and agonistic styles, — the former, suited to the closet, the latter, to public speaking before a large ..."

3. Elements of Rhetoric: Comprising the Substance of the Article in the by Richard Whately (1848)
"Aristotle has remarked,* in speaking of the Graphic and agonistic styles, — the former, suited to the closet, the latter, to public speaking before a large ..."

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