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Agon
//ˈæ.ɡəʊn// noun
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Noun
- 1 A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work. countable
"It was not ecological pressure or shortages of protein, as anthropologist Marvin Harris has claimed; institutionalized violence, as opposed to the stylized agons of hunters over grievances, was the shadow side of the Neolithic Revolution."
- 2 a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes wordnet
- 3 An intellectual conflict or apparent competition of ideas. countable
"Freud's originality stemmed from his aggression and ambition in his agon with biology."
- 4 A contest in ancient Greece, as in athletics or music, in which prizes were awarded. countable
- 5 A two-player board game played on a hexagonally-tiled board, popular in Victorian times. uncountable
Etymology
From Latin agōn, from Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn, “contest”).
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