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单词 agon
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Definition of agon in English:

agon

noun ˈaɡəʊn
  • 1A public celebration of games, including athletic, dramatic, and musical contests, in the ancient Greek or Roman world; a contest for a prize at such games.

  • 2A verbal contest or dispute between two characters in an ancient Greek play.

  • 3A painful struggle, especially a psychological one; a conflict, fight, competition.

Origin

Late 16th century; earliest use found in Hugh Broughton (1549–1612), divine and Hebraist. From (i) classical Latin agōn struggle, public exhibition of games, contest, in post-classical Latin also spiritual struggle, martyrdom (late 2nd cent. in Tertullian), death struggle.

 
 

Definition of agon in US English:

agon

nounˈaɡəʊn
  • 1A public celebration of games, including athletic, dramatic, and musical contests, in the ancient Greek or Roman world; a contest for a prize at such games.

  • 2A verbal contest or dispute between two characters in an ancient Greek play.

  • 3A painful struggle, especially a psychological one; a conflict, fight, competition.

Origin

Late 16th century; earliest use found in Hugh Broughton (1549–1612), divine and Hebraist. From (i) classical Latin agōn struggle, public exhibition of games, contest, in post-classical Latin also spiritual struggle, martyrdom (late 2nd cent. in Tertullian), death struggle.

 
 
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