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DIALECTICAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dialectical mean?
• DIALECTICAL (adjective)
The adjective DIALECTICAL has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to or employing dialectic
Familiarity information: DIALECTICAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or employing dialectic
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
dialectic; dialectical
Context example:
the dialectical method
Pertainym:
dialectic (any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments)
Derivation:
dialectic (any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments)
dialectic (a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction)
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