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(countable) A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work. / (countable) An intellectual conflict or apparent competition of ideas.

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agon

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈæ.ɡəʊn/

Noun

countable uncountable

(countable) A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work. / (countable) An intellectual conflict or apparent competition of ideas.

Japanese Meaning

争い、競争、闘争（特に文学作品における主人公と敵役の対立を指す） / 知的な論争またはアイデアの競合

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What began as a friendly debate soon escalated into a fierce agon over the school's future.

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友好的な討論として始まったものが、やがて学校の将来をめぐる激しい争いに発展した。

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(countable) 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.

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