Meaning of DIALECTIC
| Pronunciation: | | `dIu'lektik
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- [n] any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
- [n] a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction; "this situation created the inner dialectic of American history"
- [adj] of or relating to or employing dialectic; "the dialectical method"
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| | See Also: | | contradiction, philosophy | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Di`a*lec"tic\, n.
Same as {Dialectics}.
Plato placed his dialectic above all sciences.
--Liddell &
Scott.
\Di`a*lec"tic\, Dialectical \Di`a*lec"tic*al\, a. [L.
dialecticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. dialectique. See {Dialect}.]
1. Pertaining to dialectics; logical; argumental.
2. Pertaining to a dialect or to dialects. --Earle.
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