agon

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|countable}} A [[struggle]] or [[contest]]; [[conflict]]; especially between the [[protagonist]] and [[antagonist]] in a literary work.
2. {{lb|en|countable}} An [[intellect]]ual [[conflict]] or [[apparent]] [[competition]] of [[idea]]s.
3. {{lb|en|countable}} A contest in ancient [[Greece]], as in [[athletics]] or [[music]], in which prizes were awarded.
4. {{lb|en|uncountable}} A two-player [[board game]] played on a hexagonally-tiled board, popular in [[Victorian]] times.

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