dialectic
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- dialectick (obsolete)
[edit] Etymology
From Ancient Greek διαλεκτική (dialektike, “the art of argument through interactive questioning and answering”), from διαλεκτικός (dialektikos, “competent debater”), from διαλέγομαι (dialegomai, “to participate in a dialogue”), from διά (dia, “through, across”) + λέγειν (legein, “to speak”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
dialectic (plural dialectics)
- Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments.
- A contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction.
- This situation created the inner dialectic of American history.
