Associations to the word «Dialectic»

Wiktionary

DIALECTIC, noun. Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at a truth by the exchange of logical arguments.
DIALECTIC, noun. A contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction.
DIALECTIC, adjective. Dialectical

Dictionary definition

DIALECTIC, noun. Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments.
DIALECTIC, noun. A contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction; "this situation created the inner dialectic of American history".
DIALECTIC, adjective. Of or relating to or employing dialectic; "the dialectical method".

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates