protagonism

pro·tag·o·nist

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [proh-tag-uh-nist]
- /proʊˈtæg ə nɪst/
- /prəʊtˈaɡənˌɪzəm/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [proh-tag-uh-nist]
- /proʊˈtæg ə nɪst/

Definitions of protagonism word

noun protagonism the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work. 1
noun protagonism a proponent for or advocate of a political cause, social program, etc. 1
noun protagonism the leader or principal person in a movement, cause, etc. 1
noun protagonism the first actor in ancient Greek drama, who played not only the main role, but also other roles when the main character was offstage. Compare deuteragonist, tritagonist. 1
noun protagonism Physiology. agonist. 1

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Origin of protagonism

First appearance:

before 1665

One of the 47% oldest English words

1665-75; < Greek prōtagōnistḗs actor who plays the first part, literally, first combatant, equivalent to prôt(os) first + agōnistḗs one who contends for a prize, combatant, actor. See proto-, antagonist

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Parts of speech for Protagonism

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Protagonism

protagonism popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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