agonistic
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /aɡəˈnɪstɪk/
agonistic
- of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks; athletic
- (zoology, anthropology) characterised by conflict or hostility
- 2006, Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation, Atlantic Books 2007, p. 66:
- This was clearly such an event, but like the ancient religion of Israel, it was also deeply agonistic.
- 2006, Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation, Atlantic Books 2007, p. 66:
- (rhetoric) argumentative; combative
- Struggling to achieve an effect; strained and contrived.
- (pharmaceutical effect, biochemistry) pertaining to an agonist
- French: agonistique
- Italian: agonistico
- Portuguese: agonístico
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