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agon
- /ˈæ.ɡəʊn/ UK
- /ˈæ.ɡoʊn/ US
noun agons · agones
- A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work. 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.
- An intellectual conflict or apparent competition of ideas. Freud's originality stemmed from his aggression and ambition in his agon with biology.
- A contest in ancient Greece, as in athletics or music, in which prizes were awarded.
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A two-player board game played on a hexagonally-tiled board, popular in Victorian times.
Similar: queen's guard
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Talk about this word "agon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/agon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. agon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/agon "agon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/agon.
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@misc{agon_2026,
title = {agon},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/agon},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
