Definitions for: Dialectic

[n] any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
[n] a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction; "this situation created the inner dialectic of American history"
[adj] of or relating to or employing dialectic; "the dialectical method"

Webster (1913) Definition: Di`a*lec"tic, n.
Same as Dialectics.

Plato placed his dialectic above all sciences.
--Liddell &
Scott.

Di`a*lec"tic, Dialectical Di`a*lec"tic*al, a. [L.
dialecticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. dialectique. See Dialect.]
1. Pertaining to dialectics; logical; argumental.

2. Pertaining to a dialect or to dialects. --Earle.

Synonyms: dialectical

See Also: contradiction, philosophy

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