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Antonyms for dialectic

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : dahy-uh-lek-tik
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdaɪ əˈlɛk tɪk

Definition of dialectic

Origin :
  • 1580s, earlier dialatik (late 14c.), from Old French dialectique (12c.), from Latin dialectica, from Greek dialektike (techne) "(art of) philosophical discussion or discourse," fem. of dialektikos "of conversation, discourse," from dialektos "discourse, conversation" (see dialect). Originally synonymous with logic; in modern philosophy refined by Kant, then by Hegel, who made it mean "process of resolving or merging contradictions in character." Related: Dialectics.
  • adj logical, rational
  • noun logic, reasoning
Example sentences :
  • But after this he has no more to say; the answers which he makes are only elicited from him by the dialectic of Socrates.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • What, then, is the nature of dialectic, and what are the paths which lead thither?'
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • The dialogues of Plato are themselves examples of the nature and method of dialectic.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • Viewed subjectively, it is the process or science of dialectic.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • I was too soon diverted from the abstractions of dialectic to geometry.
  • Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
  • And so, Glaucon, I said, we have at last arrived at the hymn of dialectic.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • Do you not remark, I said, how great is the evil which dialectic has introduced?
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • The Hegelian dialectic may be also described as a movement from the simple to the complex.
  • Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
  • Many threads join together in one the love and dialectic of the Phaedrus.
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
  • The other criticism of Parmenides on Socrates attributes to him a want of practice in dialectic.
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato

Synonyms for dialectic

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