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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective agonistical has 1 sense
- agonistical(s = adj.all) agonistic, combative - striving to overcome in argument; "a dialectical and agonistic approach"
CIDE DICTIONARY
agonistical, a. [Gr. . See Agonism.].
Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural. [1913 Webster]
"As a scholar, he [Dr. Parr] was brilliant, but he consumed his power in agonistic displays."
[1913 Webster]
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