dialectic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   of or relating to or employing dialectic

   The dialectical method.

2. 2
   noun

   a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction

   This situation created the inner dialectic of American history.

3. 3
   adj

   Dialectal (of or relating to a dialect).

   Is it [prodezza] a mere dialectic variation of prudenza,[…]?

4. 4
   noun

   any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments

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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