dialectic
11dialectic — (n.) 1580s, earlier dialatik (late 14c.), from O.Fr. dialectique (12c.), from L. dialectica, from Gk. dialektike (techne) (art of) philosophical discussion or discourse, fem. of dialektikos of conversation, discourse, from dialektos discourse,… …
12dialectic — *argumentation, disputation, debate, forensic …
13dialectic — UK [ˌdaɪəˈlektɪk] / US or dialectics UK [ˌdaɪəˈlektɪks] / US noun [uncountable] 1) formal the way in which two different forces or ideas exist together or affect each other 2) a method used in philosophy to try to discover truth by considering… …
14Dialectic — The School of Athens, by Raphael. Dialectic (also dialectics and the dialectical method) is a method of argument for resolving disagreement that has been central to Indic and European philosophy since antiquity. The word dialectic originated in… …
15dialectic — dialectically, adv. /duy euh lek tik/, adj. Also, dialectical. 1. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of logical argumentation. 2. dialectal. n. 3. the art or practice of logical discussion as employed in investigating the truth of a theory or… …
16dialectic — (Gk., dialektikē, the art of conversation or debate) Most fundamentally, the process of reasoning to obtain truth and knowledge on any topic. According to the different views of this process, different conceptions of dialectic emerge. Thus in the …
17dialectic — [[t]da͟ɪ͟əle̱ktɪk[/t]] dialectics 1) N COUNT: with supp, oft the N of/between n People refer to the dialectic or dialectics of a situation when they are referring to the way in which two very different forces or factors work together, and the way …
18dialectic — dialectal, dialectic, dialectical In the 19c all three words were used to mean ‘belonging to a dialect’, but only dialectal now serves this purpose. Dialectic is a form of philosophical argument by question and answer, and dialectical is the… …
19dialectic(s) — n. art of logical and analytical argument. ♦ dialectical, a. pertaining to or given to dialectic; logical. ♦ dialectician, n. person skilled in dialectic …
20dialectic — noun /ˌdaɪəˈlɛktɪk/ a) Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments. This situation created the inner dialectic of American history. b) A contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining… …
