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dialectic

/dahy-uh-lek-tik/US // ˌdaɪ əˈlɛk tɪk //UK // (ˌdaɪəˈlɛktɪk) //

辩证法,辩证的,辩证,辩证地

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Also dialectical.

    • : of, relating to, or of the nature of logical argumentation.
    • : dialectal.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the art or practice of logical discussion as employed in investigating the truth of a theory or opinion.
    • : logical argumentation.
    • : Often dialectics. logic or any of its branches.any formal system of reasoning or thought.
    • : Hegelian dialectic.
    • : dialectics, the arguments or bases of dialectical materialism, including the elevation of matter over mind and a constantly changing reality with a material basis.
    • : a fallacious metaphysical system arising from the attribution of objective reality to the perceptions by the mind of external objects.Compare transcendental dialectic.
    • : the juxtaposition or interaction of conflicting ideas, forces, etc.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • This matter is, in the Indian dialectic of beauty, nonnegotiable.

  • His (mis)reading of the Megilla power dialectic meant tragedy for all.

  • He had five-year plans and seven-year plans by the bushel-full, and he never lost faith in the dialectic.

  • Islam is 1,400 years old; fascism entered the dialectic only with Benito Mussolini.

  • They are the yin and the yang of the whole film and they dance the dialectic to perfection.

  • One other illustration of this keen childish dialectic when face to face with the accuser deserves to be touched on.

  • As in the later days of Greece, rhetoric and dialectic are the most powerful of the arts.

  • In the Anglican doctorPage 119 it employs the dialectic and metaphysics of Aristotle.

  • The latter is a composition of the literary German with dialectic forms, and his rhythms are halting, his ideas one-sided.

  • He wrote extensively not only on medicine, but on philosophy, his writings taking throughout a more or less dialectic character.