Word
agonistic, adj.
struggling for effect
<adj.all>
agonistic
strained
sample sentences
"agonistic poses"
semantic pointers
similar to
affected, unnatural
striving to overcome in argument
<adj.all>
agonistic
agonistical
combative
sample sentences
"a dialectical and agonistic approach"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
combativeness
semantic pointers
similar to
competitive, competitory
of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece
<adj.pert>
agonistic
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
agonist
derived from/pertains to
agon