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agonistic
(,/&/g/@/'n/I/st/I/k )

adjective (a)

  • of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece(adj.pert)
    source: wordnet30
  • Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • striving to overcome in argument(adj.all)
    Example:
    A dialectical and agonistic approach.
    Synonym:
    agonistical, combative
    source: wordnet30
  • struggling for effect(adj.all)
    Example:
    Agonistic poses.
    Synonym:
    strained
    source: wordnet30
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