dialectician

Signification (Anglais)

1. (historical) Someone skilled in dialectics: someone able to arrive at logical conclusions through reasoned argument.
2. Someone skilled in dialectical idealism: someone able to arrive at historical conclusions through consideration of contradictions.
3. (Marxism) Someone skilled in dialectical materialism: someone able to arrive at socio-political conclusions through consideration of class differences.

Synonymes

logician

Traductions

dialéctico

الجدليّ

dialèctic

Dialektiker

διαλεκτικός φιλόσοφος

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˌdʌɪəlɛkˈtɪʃn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From French dialecticien (“one skillful in dialectic”), from Latin dialecticus (“dialectic”) + French -ien (“-ian”) from Latin -ianus (“-ian”). Equivalent to dialectic + -ian.