agonistical Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite striving to overcome in argument
    combative; agonistic.
    • a dialectical and agonistic approach

WordNet

Ag`o*nis"tic, Ag`o*nis"tic*al adjective (Also<
  • Agonistic
  • Agonistical
)
Etymology
Gr. . See Agonism.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913