AGONISM

Definition: AGONISM

AGONISM

Noun

1. Contention for a prize; a contest.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Etymology: Agonism \Ag"o*nism\, noun. [from Greek expression, from to contend for prize. See Agon.]. (Websters 1913)

"AGONISM" is a common misspelling or typo for: ageism, agonic, agonies, agonist, agonize, atomism, egoism.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Contention	Competition, rivalry; corrivalry, corrivalship, agonism, concours, match, race, horse racing, heat, steeple chase, handicap; regatta; field day; sham fight, Derby day; turf, sporting, bullfight, tauromachy, gymkhana; boat race, torpids.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

"AGONISM" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "AGONISM" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	2	245,945

Derivations
	Words ending with "AGONISM": antagonism. (additional references)
	Words containing "AGONISM": antagonisms. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "AGONISM" (pronounced 'Ag"o*nism'): Albinism, Anachronism, Antagonism, Antichronism, Autochthonism, Centonism, Cinchonism, Communism, Cyphonism, Diathermanism, Donnism, Essenism, Euphonism, Histrionism, Illuminism, Isochronism, Isogonism, Japonism, laconism, Mangonism, Marconism, Metachronism, Monogenism, Nanism, Neonism, Neoplatonism, Parachronism, Philanthropinism, Phrenism, Platonism, Plutonism, Polygenism, Polyphonism, Prochronism, Pyrrhonism, Pythonism, saturnism, Stercoranism, synchronism, Technism, Terminism, Theogonism, Tyronism, Ultramontanism. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-g-i-m-n-o-s"
	-1 letter: amigos, amnios, gamins, imagos, mangos.
	-2 letters: agios, agism, agons, amigo, amino, amins, amnio, among, gains, gamin, gismo, gonia, imago, mains, mango, manos, mason, minas, moans, monas, nomas, ogams, sigma.
	-3 letters: agin, agio, agon, aims, ains, amin, amis, anis, gain, gams, gins, goas, ions, magi, mags, main, mano, mans, migs, mina, miso, moan, moas, mogs, mons, nags, naoi, naos, nims, nogs, noma, noms, ogam, sago, sain, sang, sign, sima, sing, smog, snag, snog, soma, song.
	-4 letters: ago, aim, ain, ais, ami, ani, gam, gan, gas, gin, goa, gos, ins, ion, ism, mag, man, mas, mig, mis, moa, mog, mon, mos, nag, nam, nim, nog, nom, nos, oms, ons, sag, sim, sin, som, son.
	-5 letters: ag, ai, am, an, as, go, in, is, ma, mi, mo, na, no, om, on, os, si, so.
	Words containing the letters "a-g-i-m-n-o-s"
	+1 letter: angiomas, antismog, coamings, masoning, organism, vamosing.
	+2 letters: amidogens, anisogamy, atomising, egomanias, flamingos, gloamings, ignoramus, magnolias, organisms, origanums, ransoming, shamoying, slaloming, vamoosing.
	+3 letters: agrimonies, agronomies, agronomist, amortising, angiograms, angiosperm, antagonism, ascogonium, ausforming, cairngorms, chamoising, coassuming, compassing, doomsaying, egomaniacs, endogamies, flamingoes, gemmations, geomancies, gormandise, gramineous, magnificos, mahoganies, migrainous, migrations, misatoning, monogamies, monogamist, moralising, morganites, mosaicking, omniranges, organicism, organismal, organismic, outshaming, postmating, romanising, rosemaling, shampooing, sjamboking, snowmaking, sporangium, stomaching, womanising, xenogamies.
	+4 letters: accustoming, admonishing, agnosticism, agronomists, anatomising, angiomatous, angiosperms, anisogamies, anisogamous, antagonisms, antismoking, bookmakings, champignons, cinemagoers, doomsayings, emigrations, ergotamines, formalising, fumigations, gadoliniums, gastronomic, geminations, glamorising, glucosamine, gormandised, gormandises, gormandizes, gourmandise, gourmandism, harmonising, hemangiomas, homemakings, hooliganism, ignoramuses, ligamentous, lovemakings, magnanimous, magnificoes, meningiomas, misdiagnose, mislaboring, mislocating, mitigations, monogamists, monogastric, monophagies, noisemaking, nonmigrants, nonorgasmic, normalising, organicisms, outsmarting, plasminogen, postmarking, prognathism, programings, regionalism, rosemalings, semaphoring, spermagonia, toolmakings, unambiguous, vagabondism.
	+5 letters: agnosticisms, amblygonites, anastomosing, barnstorming, centimorgans, compensating, consummating, cosmogonical, earthmovings, encompassing, gastrocnemii, gastronomies, gastronomist, geomagnetism, germinations, glucosamines, gormandising, gormandizers, gourmandises, gourmandisms, gourmandizes, gynecomastia, homesteading, hooliganisms, housewarming, imaginations, immigrations, impassioning, impregnators, manifestoing, marathonings, marginations, megalomanias, menorrhagias, micromanages, mineralogies, mineralogist, misdiagnosed, misdiagnoses, misdiagnosis, moneymakings, monolinguals, monsignorial, moviemakings, mucilaginous, nematologies, nematologist, noisemakings, nomographies, nonambiguous, pelargoniums, plasminogens, plasmolyzing, prognathisms, programmings, regionalisms, remigrations, segmentation, smallholding, spermagonium, steamrolling, thingamabobs, transforming, transmogrify, vagabondisms, witenagemots.
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