AGONISTICAL

agonistic, agonistical, combative

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

agonistical (comparative more agonistical, superlative most agonistical)

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Anagrams

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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



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Word of the Day

4 April 2025

GUILLOTINE

(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”


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