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Dialectic

Dialectic Meaning & Definition
Dialectic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dialectic?

[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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dialectic: dialectical

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See Also | contradiction | philosophy

Dialectic In Webster's Dictionary

\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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