dialectics

Englisch

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) διαλεκτική (dialektikḗ), from (deprecated template usage) διαλεκτικός (dialektikós), from (deprecated template usage) διαλέγομαι (dialégomai), from (deprecated template usage) διά (diá) + (deprecated template usage) λέγειν (légein).

Nomen

dialectics (uncountable)

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) plural of dialectic
2. A systematic method of argument that attempts to resolve the contradictions in opposing views or ideas.

Synonyms

• dialectic
• dialectical method

Translations

systematic method of argument

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• French: dialectique (fr) f
• German: Dialektik (de) f
• Italian: dialettica (it) f
• Portuguese: dialética (pt) f
• Spanish: dialéctica f

External links

• “dialectics”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.