AGONISTIC

agonistic, strained

(adjective) struggling for effect; “agonistic poses”

agonistic, agonistical, combative

(adjective) striving to overcome in argument; “a dialectical and agonistic approach”

agonistic

(adjective) of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

agonistic (comparative more agonistic, superlative most agonistic)

of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks; athletic

(zoology, anthropology) characterised by conflict or hostility

(rhetoric) argumentative; combative

Struggling to achieve an effect; strained and contrived.

(pharmaceutical effect, biochemistry) pertaining to an agonist

Anagrams

• sociating

Source: Wiktionary

Ag`o*nis"tic, Ag`o*nis"tic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. Agonism.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition