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agonisms

agonisms is the plural of agonism.

Meaning of agonism

Noun

agonism (plural agonisms)

  1. Competitive struggle (especially political).
    • The internal competition between tendencies or natures that Machiavelli recognizes in individuals and groups and that Nietzsche sees as multiple drives is a form of “agonism.” Agonism is the idea that conflict and struggle are the natural basis of life and that this is replicated in social...2007, Diego A. Von Vacano, The Art of Power: Machiavelli, Nietzsche, and the Making of Aesthetic Political Theory, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 82
  2. The relationship between an agonist and a receptor.

Questions about agonisms

What is agonisms the plural of?
Agonisms is the plural of agonism.

Words near agonisms in the dictionary

  1. agonises
  2. agonising
  3. agonisingly
  4. agonisings
  5. agonism
  6. agonisms
  7. agonist
  8. agonistarch
  9. agonistarchs
  10. agonistes
  11. agonistic

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