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dialectic

14th 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
    • b: the Platonic investigation of the eternal ideas
  • the process of reconciliation of contradiction either of beliefs or in historical processes
dialectic adjective
  • pertaining to dialectics; logical; argumental
  • pertaining to a dialect or to dialects

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