AGONISM
Ag"o*nism, n. Etym: [Gr. Agon.]
Defn: Contention for a prize; a contest. [Obs.] Blount.
AGONIST
Ag"o*nist, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: One who contends for the prize in public games. [R.]
AGONISTIC; AGONISTICAL
Ag`o*nis"tic, Ag`o*nis"tic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. Agonism.]
Defn: 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.
AGONISTICALLY
Ag`o*nis"tic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In an agonistic manner.
AGONISTICS
Ag`o*nis"tics, n.
Defn: The science of athletic combats, or contests in public games.