dialectics
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[edit] English
[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, “inter, through”) + λέγειν (legein, “to speak”).
[edit] Noun
dialectics (uncountable)
- Plural form of dialectic.
- A systematic method of argument that attempts to resolve the contradictions in opposing views or ideas.
[edit] External links
- dialectics in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
