Dialectic
[,daɪə'lektɪk] or [,daɪə'lɛktɪk]
Definition
(noun.) any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments.
(noun.) a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction; 'this situation created the inner dialectic of American history'.
(adj.) of or relating to or employing dialectic; 'the dialectical method' .
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Definition
(n.) Same as Dialectics.
(a.) Alt. of Dialectical
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Logical.[2]. Idiomatic.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Rhetorical, logical, argumentative
ANT:Conversational, colloquial, commonplace
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Definition
adj. pertaining to dialect or to discourse: pertaining to dialectics: logical.—ns. Dialec′tic Dialect′ics art of discussing: that branch of logic which teaches the rules and modes of reasoning.—adv. Dialec′tically.—n. Dialecti′cian one skilled in dialectics a logician.
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Examples
- In both the Republic and Statesman a close connection is maintained between Politics and Dialectic. Plato. The Republic.
- Do you not remark, I said, how great is the evil which dialectic has introduced? Plato. The Republic.
- Here was begun the copying of manuscripts, and the preparation of compendiums treating of gramma r, dialectic, rhetoric, arithmetic, astronomy, music, and geometry. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- But after this he has no more to say; the answers which he makes are only elicited from him by the dialectic of Socrates. Plato. The Republic.
- And so, Glaucon, I said, we have at last arrived at the hymn of dialectic. Plato. The Republic.
- But I must also remind you, that the power of dialectic alone can reveal this, and only to one who is a disciple of the previous sciences. Plato. The Republic.
- But at this point, judging from present experience, there is a danger that dialectic may be the source of many evils. Plato. The Republic.
- They all pose as though their real opinions had been discovered and attained through the self-evolving of a cold, pure, divinely indifferent dialectic. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The dialogues of Plato are themselves examples of the nature and method of dialectic. Plato. The Republic.
- What, then, is the nature of dialectic, and what are the paths which lead thither? Plato. The Republic.
- For all the parade of learning and dialectic is an after-thought--an accident from the fact that the prophetic genius of Marx appeared in Germany under the incubus of Hegel. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Viewed subjectively, it is the process or science of dialectic. Plato. The Republic.
- Then this is the progress which you call dialectic? Plato. The Republic.
- He is studying dialectics. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Don't ever kid yourself with too much dialectics. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- How much dialectics have you read? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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