different between agonistics vs agonist

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agonistics (uncountable)

The range of activities associated with aggressive encounters between members of the same species, including threat, attack, appeasement, or retreat.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????????? (ag?nist?s, “combatant, champion”).

agonist (plural agonists)

Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist.
The muscle that contracts while the other relaxes.
When bending the elbow, the biceps is the agonist.
(biochemistry, pharmacology) A molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.
Acetylcholine is an agonist at the cholinergic receptor.

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