dialecticnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌdaɪ.əˈlek.tɪk/us/ˌdaɪ.əˈlek.tɪk/also dialectics specializeda way of discovering what is true by considering opposite theories
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dialectical
adjective uk/ˌdaɪ.əˈlek.tɪ.kəl/us/ˌdaɪ.əˈlek.tɪ.kəl/
Examples from literature
- Dialectic expresses a given intent.
- He not only wrote on dialectics and logic, but also on physics in its various departments.
- Meantime dialectic, or knowledge of ideal things, remains merely virtual.
- Physics and dialectic meet in this: that the second brings to fruition what the first describes, namely, existence, and that both have their transcendental root in the flux of being.