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agonistic

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
agonistic/aɡəˈnɪstɪk/

▶adjective

1 polemical; combative.
■ Zoology (of animal behaviour) associated with conflict.

2 Biochemistry relating to or acting as an agonist.

– derivatives
agonistically adverb.

– origin C17: via late L. from Gk agōnistikos, from agōnistēs ‘contestant’, from agōn ‘contest’.

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