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dialectical
/ ˌdaɪəˈlɛktɪkəl /
adjective
- of or relating to dialectic or dialectics
Usage Note
Derived Forms
- ˌdiaˈlectically, adverb
Other Words From
- nondi·a·lecti·cal adjective
- nondi·a·lecti·cal·ly adverb
- undi·a·lecti·cal adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of dialectical1
Example Sentences
Hyperbolic, dialectical and eerily familiar, these exchanges form entire chapters.
The real question is whether dialectical reasoning can ever be the rule, rather than the exception.
We have now become familiar with two expressions of the dialectical method, the positive and the negation.
Doctor Eck was superior to Luther in reputation, in dialectical skill, in scholastic learning.
Let it not be supposed that this controversy about universals was a mere dialectical tournament, with no grand results.
As a mere exhibition of dialectical acumen, minute distinctions, and logical precision in the use of words, it was wonderful.
The report, with its various pieces of testimony, was presented to the Dialectical Society on the 20th of July, 1870.
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