agon

About 0.19 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.
2. noun An intellectual conflict or apparent competition of ideas.
3. noun A contest in ancient Greece, as in athletics or music, in which prizes were awarded.
4. noun A two-player board game played on a hexagonally-tiled board, popular in Victorian times.

Similar words

contest battle agony antag fight conflict rencounter fighting buckle duel

Often followed by

of and is between in with or was that

Word family

agones agons