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Agonistic is an English word with synonyms like celebration or festivity. Below you'll find 8 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Agonistic meaning

  1. Of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks; athletic.
  2. Characterised by conflict or hostility.
  3. Argumentative; combative.

Synonyms of Agonistic

celebration festivity agonistical combative competitive competitory strained affected unnatural

Related words

Other words often associated with Agonistic or its synonyms:

contending constrained rivalrous recreation competing noncompetitive forced diversion matched capitalist hokey moved

Using Agonistic

  • The main meaning on this page is: Of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks; athletic. | Characterised by conflict or hostility. | Argumentative; combative.
  • Useful related words include: celebration, festivity, agonistical, combative.
  • In the example corpus, agonistic often appears in combinations such as: in agonistic, agonistic encounters, during agonistic.

Context around Agonistic

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 2 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

develop 1×

Often after:

encounters 2× behavior 1× sound 1× behaviour 1× behaviors 1× confrontations 1× situations 1×

Sentence patterns with Agonistic

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

agonistic behaviour typically 1× agonistic encounters typically 1× alarm and agonistic behavior were 1× especially during agonistic and distress 1× males develop agonistic behaviors like 1× mane during agonistic confrontations with 1× mothers in agonistic encounters 1× occur in agonistic situations 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

adolescent females move 1× agonistic behaviour typically 1× agonistic encounters typically 1× in order to 1× mane during agonistic 1× payne and langbauer 1×

Common sentence endings:

agonistic sound production 1× and distress behaviors 1× guarding and flushing 1× in agonistic encounters 1× in agonistic situations 1× lion appear larger 1×

Words around Agonistic

Just before it in the word index:

agonist 35 agonisingly 50 agonising 79 agonised 17 agonise 3 agonies 13

Just after it in the word index:

agonists 31 agonize 10 agonized 19 agonizes 2 agonizing 81 agonizingly 13

Similar in corpus frequency:

aami 15 aat 15 abada 15 abcs 15 abdulkareem 15 abha 15

Corpus analysis for Agonistic

  • In this selection, "agonistic" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 19 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, develop, encounters, behavior and sound stand out and add context to how "agonistic" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include agonistic behaviour typically and agonistic encounters typically. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "agonistic" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with agonistic

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Payne and Langbauer, p. 116. Visual displays mostly occur in agonistic situations. (12 words)

Adolescent females move between groups and are supported by their mothers in agonistic encounters. (14 words)

Agonistic behaviour typically consists of squabbles between individuals climbing over or passing each other. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

They are also able to determine the distance of the sound's origin and from what direction it originated. citation This is a very important fish communication mechanism, especially during agonistic and distress behaviors. (34 words)

According to a study by Kaatz, sounds for disturbance (e.g. alarm) and agonistic behavior were not significantly different, which suggests distress sounds can be used to sample variation in agonistic sound production. (33 words)

In order to reduce this sort of competition, males develop agonistic behaviors like mate guarding and flushing. (17 words)

Example sentences (8)

According to a study by Kaatz, sounds for disturbance (e.g. alarm) and agonistic behavior were not significantly different, which suggests distress sounds can be used to sample variation in agonistic sound production.

Adolescent females move between groups and are supported by their mothers in agonistic encounters.

Agonistic behaviour typically consists of squabbles between individuals climbing over or passing each other.

Agonistic encounters typically consist of threat displays, chases and minor sparring with the tusks.

In order to reduce this sort of competition, males develop agonistic behaviors like mate guarding and flushing.

Mane During agonistic confrontations with other lions, the mane makes the lion appear larger.

Payne and Langbauer, p. 116. Visual displays mostly occur in agonistic situations.

They are also able to determine the distance of the sound's origin and from what direction it originated. citation This is a very important fish communication mechanism, especially during agonistic and distress behaviors.

Common combinations with agonistic

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "agonistic" in a sentence?
An example: "According to a study by Kaatz, sounds for disturbance (e.g. alarm) and agonistic behavior were not significantly different, which suggests distress sounds can be used to sample variation in agonistic sound production." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "agonistic" from authentic English texts.
What does "agonistic" mean?
Agonistic means: Of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks; athletic.
What are synonyms of "agonistic"?
Common synonyms of "agonistic" include: celebration, festivity, agonistical, combative, competitive, competitory, strained, affected. Plus 1 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "agonistic" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "agonistic", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.