dialogism
noun
di·al·o·gism
dīˈaləˌjizəm sometimes ˈdīəˌlȯˌgi- or -ˌläg- in sense 1
plural -s
1
archaic
a
: the expression of an author's ideas by means of a dialogue between two or more characters
b
: dialogue sense 2
2
: a disjunctive conclusion inferred from a single premise (as in "gravitation may act without contact; therefore, either some force may act without contact or gravitation is not a force")
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin dialogismos, from Greek, from dialogos + -ismos -ism
First Known Use
1574, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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