agon

  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 boardgame played with a hexagonally-tiled board, popular in Victorian times. Also known as queen's guard.

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