2 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: agonistic adjective 1: of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece 2: striving to overcome in argument; "a dialectical and agonistic approach" [syn: {agonistical}, {combative}] 3: struggling for effect; "agonistic poses" [syn: {strained}] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Agonistic \Ag'o*nis"tic\, Agonistical \Ag'o*nis"tic*al\, adjective [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.

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