English Dictionary

agonic

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈæɡənik/

形容詞

比較不可 廃用

Characterized by agony. / (psychology) Of a mode of social interaction based on threats, displays of power, or inducements of anxiety. / (medicine, obsolete) Occurring shortly before death; agonal.

日本語の意味

苦悶に満ちた、激しい苦痛や苦悶を伴う状態 / （心理学）脅迫、権力の誇示、または不安の誘発による社会的相互作用の様態に関連する / （医学・旧用法）死の直前に現れる状態、瀕死状態

The room fell silent after his agonic cry echoed through the hall.

彼の苦悶に満ちた叫びがホールにこだますると、部屋は静まり返った。

意味（1）

Characterized by agony.

By cultivating his own reason, the pupil could stand back from the agonic scenes in Hades and decide the merits of the case after [François] Fénelon's artifice had absorbed him passionately in the dialogue: […]

意味（2）

(psychology) Of a mode of social interaction based on threats, displays of power, or inducements of anxiety.

[I]n some primates, especially chimpanzees, the hedonic mode of social communication predominates group interactions. […] This is marked by much physical contact, stroking, hugging, lip smacking and sharing. The social interactions are more relaxed, as are the individual members of the group, and there is much focus on physical contact. This is in marked contrast to other more primitive primates, where the agonic mode dominates social behaviour.

意味（3）

(medicine, obsolete) Occurring shortly before death; agonal.

A study of the conditions under which agonic invagination of the intestine occurs will not be out of place in considering the etiology of intussusception. Agonic invagination is very much more common in children than adults, the proportion being, according to [Hermann] Nothnagel, one to fifty. [Luther Emmett] Holt says that agonic invagination is met with in 80 per cent. of the post mortems on infants.