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4 lettersPronunciation /ˈæ.ɡəʊn/Part of speech nounSorted agnoStarts with AEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes

Word origin

From Latin agōn, from Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn, “contest”).

Used in a sentence

  • One way of reading Beowulf is to think of it as three agons in the hero's life[.]
  • Freud's originality stemmed from his aggression and ambition in his agon with biology.
  • The point, though, is that to fully and uncritically surrender to such agon against individuals is to invite one's own ethical degeneration; […]

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