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Agon

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Agon"

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Word	Definition
contestnoun	(countable) A competition.
battlenoun	(military) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.
agonynoun	Extreme pain.
antagnoun	(informal, fiction, writing) Clipping of antagonist. [An opponent or enemy.]
fightnoun	A physical confrontation or combat between two or more people or groups.
conflictnoun	A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more opposing groups or individuals.
rencounternoun	(archaic) An encounter or chance meeting.
fightingnoun	The act or process of contending; violence or conflict.
bucklenoun	A metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike through which a belt or strap is passed and penetrated by the tongue or spike, in order to fasten the ends of the belt together or to secure the strap to something else.
duelnoun	Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.
altercationnoun	(countable) An angry or heated dispute.
external conflictnoun	(literary theory) A conflict that is between a character and an external force, such as another character.
agonisticsnoun	The range of activities associated with aggressive encounters between members of the same species, including threat, attack, appeasement, or retreat.
controversynoun	A debate or discussion of opposing opinions; (generally) strife.
strugglenoun	(figurative) Strife, contention, great effort.
standoffnoun	A deadlocked confrontation between antagonists.
combatnoun	A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).
point of contentionnoun	A matter that forms the basis of a disagreement, struggle, etc.
battlegroundnoun	(figurative) Any place or situation of dispute or contention.
apple of discordnoun	An object or topic which sows anger and dissension; something which causes argument, rivalry, or strife.