the philosophical concept that the world consists of opposite but not necessarily opposing ideas or concepts which, when put together, either negate each other or synthesize into a whole (e.g. man + woman = a couple; right wing + left wing = government)
dialecticism in American English
(ˌdaiəˈlektəˌsɪzəm)
noun
1.
dialectal speech or influence
2.
a dialectal word or expression
Word origin
[1885–90; dialectic + -ism]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: booster, lineup, reactor, scrum, toner-ism is a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form action nounsfrom verbs (baptism). On this model, -ism is used as a productive suffix in the formation of nouns denoting action or practice,state or condition, principles, doctrines, a usage or characteristic, devotion oradherence, etc. (criticism; barbarism; Darwinism; despotism; plagiarism; realism; witticism; intellectualism)
Examples of 'dialecticism' in a sentence
dialecticism
We have also analyzed dialecticism recorded in the speech of the writer.
Jašović Golub M. 2013, 'Certain characteristics of the Serbian dialects from Kosovo and Metohija in PetarD. Petrović's short stories', Zbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištinihttp://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0354-3293/2013/0354-32931301091J.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)