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dialectic

Ancestral Lore of dialectic

14^th century, dialatik
1580, "critical examination of the truth of an opinion, formal reason and logic applied to rhetoric and refutation"

from Greek dialektike (techne) "(art of) philosophical discussion or discourse"

dialectic adjective

the art or practice of arriving at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
a: discussion and reasoning by dialogue as a method of intellectual investigation
specifically: the Socratic techniques of exposing false beliefs and eliciting truth
the process of reconciliation of contradiction either of beliefs or in historical processes

dialectic adjective

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~☉~	lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context
⚜	classic definition
☣	artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense