DIALECTIC

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Meaning:

Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("dialectic" is a kind of...):

philosophy (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)

Derivation:

dialectic; dialectical (of or relating to or employing dialectic)

dialectician (a logician skilled in dialectic)

Meaning:

A contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction

Example:

this situation created the inner dialectic of American history

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("dialectic" is a kind of...):

contradiction (opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas)

Derivation:

dialectical (of or relating to or employing dialectic)

dialectician (a logician skilled in dialectic)

Meaning:

Of or relating to or employing dialectic

Example:

the dialectical method

Synonyms:

dialectic; dialectical

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

dialectic (any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments)

Derivation:

dialectic (any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments)