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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. As a scholar, he [Dr. Parr] was brilliant, but he consumed his power in agonistic displays. --De Quincey. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: agonistic adj 1: striving to overcome in argument; "a dialectical and agonistic approach" [syn: {agonistical}, {combative}] 2: struggling for effect; "agonistic poses" [syn: {strained}]
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