noun. The art or practice of arriving at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments.

noun. The process especially associated with Hegel of arriving at the truth by stating a thesis, developing a contradictory antithesis, and combining and resolving them into a coherent synthesis.

noun. The Marxian process of change through the conflict of opposing forces, whereby a given contradiction is characterized by a primary and a secondary aspect, the secondary succumbing to the primary, which is then transformed into an aspect of a new contradiction.

noun. A method of argument or exposition that systematically weighs contradictory facts or ideas with a view to the resolution of their real or apparent contradictions.

noun. The contradiction between two conflicting forces viewed as the determining factor in their continuing interaction.

Relating to the art of reasoning about probabilities; pertaining to scholastic disputation. Kantians sometimes use the word in the sense of pertaining to false argumentation.

Of or pertaining to a dialect or dialects; dialectal.

Also dialectical.

noun. [= French dialectique = Sp. dialéctica = Pg. dialectica = It. dialettica = G. Dan. Sw. dialektik, ⟨ L. dialectica, ⟨ Gr. διαλεκτική (sc. τέχνη), the dialectic art, the art of discussion, logical debate, also the logic of probabilities, fem. of διαλεκτικός, belonging to disputation: see I.]

noun. Logic, or a branch of logic; specifically, the art of critical examination into the truth of an opinion; inductive logic applied to philosophy; the logic of probable reasoning; the art of discussion and of disputation; logic applied to rhetoric and refutation.

noun. Skill in disputation. Also dialectics.

adjective. Pertaining to dialectics; logical; argumental.

adjective. Pertaining to a dialect or to dialects.

noun. Same as dialectics.

noun. Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at a truth by the exchange of logical arguments.

noun. A contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction.

adjective. dialectical

noun. any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments

adjective. of or relating to or employing dialectic

noun. a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction

"The ancient Greeks used the term dialectic to refer to various methods of reasoning and discussion in order to discover the truth."

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