dialectic

Speech parts

1. dialectic - Noun

2. dialectic - Adjective

Meaning

Same as Dialectics.

Alt. of Dialectical

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

dialectical sense analysis philosophy connection debate logic argument discussion controversial dialogue consideration reasoning induction inference

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Antonyms

blind harmony irrational fragmented absurd abrupt

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Hypernyms

philosophy contradiction

Phrases with the word

marxist dialectic dialectic materialism

Anagrams

deictical

Examples

The great dialectic in our time is not, as anciently and by some still supposed, between capital and labor; it is between economic enterprise and the state. John Kenneth Galbraith

Narrative identity takes part in the story's movement, in the dialectic between order and disorder. Paul Ricœur

It was not by dialectic that it pleased God to save His people. Ambrose

Phenomenology is dialectic in ear-mode – a massive and decentralized quest for roots, for ground. Marshall McLuhan

Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. Octavio Paz

Machiavelli is the complete contrary of a machiavellian, since he describes the tricks of power and "gives the whole show away.” The seducer and the politician, who live in the dialectic and have a feeling and instinct for it, try their best to keep it hidden. Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Close letter words and terms

dialectalism dialectality dialectally dialectic materialism dialectical dialectical behavior therapy