- An
agonist is a
chemical that
activates a
receptor to
produce a
biological response.
Receptors are
cellular proteins whose activation causes the cell to...
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Agonistic behaviour is any
social behaviour related to fighting. The term has
broader meaning than
aggressive behaviour because it
includes threats, displays...
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depicts a post-human ****ure
where "
agonistics" is the
ruling principle of the
Solar System. The
story explains agonistics by writing, "You can compete, and...
- and she is also the
author of
influential works on
agonistic political theory,
including Agonistics:
Thinking the
World Politically and The Democratic...
- as a
result of
their ideological allegiance to this religion. The term
agonistic liberalism appears in Gray's 1995 book
Isaiah Berlin. Gray uses this phrase...
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during conflict.
Agonistic displays are
essential to the
social dynamics of many
biological taxa,
extending far
beyond sharks.
Agonistic displays are ritualized...
- Look up agonist, agonism, or
agonistic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Agonist (from
Ancient Gr**** ἀγωνιστής: agōnistēs, “combatant, champion”) may...
- last for up to 40 minutes, and seem to be a
combination of ****ual and
agonistic behaviour. A 'corroboree' (from the word for a
ceremonial meeting of Aboriginal...
- vocalizations,
mechanical sound production, or
displays of beauty, strength, or
agonistic ability. In some species,
males will
perform ritualized movements to attract...
- The
horned sungem (Heliactin bilophus) is a
species of
hummingbird native to much of
central Brazil and
parts of
Bolivia and Suriname. It
prefers open...
