dialectics

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /daɪəˈlɛktɪks/ === Etymology 1 === From Ancient Greek διαλεκτική (dialektikḗ, “the art of argument through interactive questioning and answering”), from διαλεκτικός (dialektikós, “competent debater”), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “to participate in a dialogue”), from διά (diá, “inter, through”) + λέγειν (légein, “to speak”). ==== Noun ==== dialectics (uncountable) (philosophy, uncountable) A systematic method of argument that attempts to resolve the contradictions in opposing views or ideas. ===== Synonyms ===== dialectic dialectical method ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== dialectics plural of dialectic ==== Further reading ==== “dialectics”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === cesticidal