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dialectical Definition

dia·lec·ti·cal (-ti kəl)

adjective

  1. of or using dialectic
  2. of or characteristic of a dialect; dialectal

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dialectical Synonyms

dialectical

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dialectical Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • hence: Hence dialectical thought is the organ of historical awakening.
  • thus: Thus dialectical materialism is seen to offer the only approach to reality which can give action a direction.
  • always: A person's evolutionary journey through life is always dialectical.
  • not: Emotions are not dialectical; their intensity varies but not the nature of the emotions themselves.

Modifies a noun

  • materialism: Thus dialectical materialism is seen to offer the only approach to reality which can give action a direction.
  • karma: By labeling the cause good or bad I produce dialectical karma.
  • montage: These studies form a major influence upon his theories of dialectical montage.
  • realism: Having outlined the defining tenets critical realism, it remains to compare these tenets to the defining tenet of dialectical critical realism.
  • logic: A continuation of the dialectical logic, would of course, require thinking about a synthesis, or a solution to the current contradictions.
  • unity: Such a method fails to conceive of the society in question as a dialectical unity.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: Young Socrates: This too is clear, that it's for the sake of our becoming more dialectical about everything.