Hypertext Webster Gateway: "agonistic"

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) 1.7 (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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