dialectic

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at a truth by the exchange of logical arguments.
2. (countable, uncountable) A contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction.
3. (Marxism, countable, uncountable) development by way of overcoming internal contradictions

Adj

Dialectical (of or relating to dialectic)

Adj

Dialectal (of or relating to a dialect).

Synonyms

dialectics

dialectical

contravention

controversy

debate

dialect

dialectal

disputation

eristic

logical

logical reasoning

argle-bargle

argy-bargy

disceptation

arguing

dialectis

argument

Translations

dialectique

dialéctico

dialettica

dialektisch

dialettico

Dialektik

dialèctic

διαλεκτική

dialética

dialectiek

dialéctica

diyalektik

mantıkla ilgili

dialèctica

Pronounced as (IPA)

/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”).