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agonistic

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9 lettersPronunciation /aɡəˈnɪstɪk/Part of speech adjectiveSorted acgiinostStarts with AEnds with C0 clues
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Definitions

  1. struggling for effect

Word origin

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγωνιστικός (agōnistikós).

Used in a sentence

  • Joys of the solitary walk, the spirit bow’d yet proud, the suffering and the struggle? The agonistic throes, the ecstasies, joys of the solemn musings day or night?
  • Although most agonistic interactions consist of signals of threat and submission, symbolic aggression is effective only because the possibility of escalation exists […]
  • This was clearly such an event, but like the ancient religion of Israel, it was also deeply agonistic.

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