dialectics

English

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek διαλεκτική (dialektikḗ, “the art of argument through interactive questioning and answering”), from διαλεκτικός (dialektikós, “competent debater”), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “to participate in a dialogue”), from διά (diá, “inter, through”) + λέγειν (légein, “to speak”).

Noun

dialectics (uncountable)

1. A systematic method of argument that attempts to resolve the contradictions in opposing views or ideas.

Synonyms

• dialectic
• dialectical method

Translations

systematic method of argument

• Armenian: դիալեկտիկա (hy) (dialektika), տրամախոսություն (hy) (tramaxosutʻyun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 辯證法／辩证法 (zh) (biànzhèngfǎ), 辩证法 (zh) (biànzhèngfǎ)

• Czech: dialektika f
• Esperanto: dialektiko
• Finnish: dialektiikka (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: dialectique (fr) f
• German: Dialektik (de) f
• Italian: dialettica (it) f
• Portuguese: dialética (pt) f
• Russian: диале́ктика (ru) (dialéktika)
• Spanish: dialéctica (es) f

Etymology 2

Noun

dialectics

1. plural of dialectic

Further reading

• “dialectics”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.