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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece;

2. striving to overcome in argument;
- Example: "a dialectical and agonistic approach"
[syn: agonistic, agonistical, combative]

3. struggling for effect;
- Example: "agonistic poses"
[syn: agonistic, strained]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Agonistic \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.
   [1913 Webster]

         As a scholar, he [Dr. Parr] was brilliant, but he
         consumed his power in agonistic displays. --De Quincey.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

agonistic
    adj 1: of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient
           Greece
    2: striving to overcome in argument; "a dialectical and
       agonistic approach" [syn: agonistic, agonistical,
       combative]
    3: struggling for effect; "agonistic poses" [syn: agonistic,
       strained]