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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ag·o·nis·tic /ˌægəˈnɪstɪk/
 (a.)競賽的,論爭的,不認輸的

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 ag·o·nis·tic /ˌægəˈnɪstɪk/ 形容詞
 對抗行為(動)

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ag·o·nis·tic Ag·o·nis·tic·al a.  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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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 agonistic
      adj 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]