dialectic
Pronunciation: /ˌdaɪəˈlɛktɪk/
The English word “dialectic” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at a truth by the exchange of logical arguments.
- A contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction.
- development by way of overcoming internal contradictions
adjective
- Dialectical (of or relating to dialectic)
- Dialectal (of or relating to a dialect).
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”).
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