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agonistic

Agonistic is an adjective that means argumentative. Your agonistic attitude might get you in trouble if you're constantly telling people they're wrong.

The ancient Olympics were actually called agones, which meant a struggle to achieve glory. So today, agonistic also refers to anything related to these ancient Greek athletic competitions. The marathon, for example, was an early agonistic event. Don't confuse agonistic with the similarly spelled "agnostic," a person who believes it's impossible to know whether or not God exists. However, if you get into a religious argument with an agnostic, you might find them to be very agonistic.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: agonistic

1
adj
striving to overcome in argument
2
adj
of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: agonistic
1

adj striving to overcome in argument

“a dialectical and agonistic approach”
Synonyms:
agonistical, combative
competitive, competitory
involving competition or competitiveness

adj struggling for effect

agonistic poses”
Synonyms:
strained
affected, unnatural
speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
2

adj of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece

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