Meaning of AGONISTIC
| Pronunciation: | | `agu'nistik
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- [adj] struggling for effect; "agonistic poses"
- [adj] striving to overcome in argument; "a dialectical and agonistic approach"
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| | Synonyms: | | affected, agonistical, combative, competitive, competitory, strained, unnatural |
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| | Definition: | | \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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