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dialectic

noun
/ˌdaɪəˈlɛktɪk/

Etymology

From Old French dialectique, from Late Latin dialectica, from Ancient Greek διαλεκτική (dialektikḗ, “the art of argument through interactive questioning and answering”), from διαλεκτικός (dialektikós, “relating to dialogue”), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “to participate in a dialogue”), from διά (diá, “through, across”) + λέγειν (légein, “to speak”).

  1. derived from διαλεκτική — “the art of argument through interactive questioning and answering”
  2. derived from dialectica
  3. derived from dialectique

Definitions

  1. Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at a truth by the exchange of logical…

    Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at a truth by the exchange of logical arguments.

  2. A contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction.

    • This situation created the inner dialectic of American history.

  3. development by way of overcoming internal contradictions

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Dialectical (of or relating to dialectic)

    2. Dialectal (of or relating to a dialect).

      • Is it [prodezza] a mere dialectic variation of prudenza,[…]?
      • […] if any one has, in common discourse, an indistinct, hesitating, dialectic, or otherwise faulty, delivery, his Natural manner certainly is not what he should adopt in public speaking; […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dialectic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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