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dialectical

dialectical adjective: of or pertaining to dialectic; (in philosophy) logically reasoned through the exchange of opposing ideas.

Adjective

dialectical (comparative more dialectical, superlative most dialectical)

  1. Of or pertaining to dialectic; (in philosophy) logically reasoned through the exchange of opposing ideas.
    • Sure, maybe. We know — have long known — that romanticism and fatalism are dialectical lovers.2025 July 21, Jean Garnett, “The Trouble With Wanting Men”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2025
    Synonyms:
    dialectic
  2. Synonym of dialectal (“of or pertaining to a dialect”).
    • For I, and no doubt You, have long obſerved, that thoſe Dialectical ſubtleties, that the Schoolmen too often employ about Phyſiological Myſteries, are vvont much more to declare the vvit of him that uſes them, then increaſe the knovvledge or remove the doubts of ſober lovers of truth.1661, Robert Boyle, “Physiological Considerations Touching the Experiments Wont to be Employed to Evince either the IV Peripatetick Elements, or the III Chymical Principls of Mixt Bodies. Part of the...
    Synonyms:
    dialectal

dialectical meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

dialectical in Hindi

of or pertaining to dialectic
द्वंद्वात्मक dvandvātmak, द्वन्द्वात्मक dvandvātmak

dialectical in Tamil

வாதஞ்சார்ந்த, சொற்போர் முறையான, பேச்சு வழக்குக்குரிய, திசைவழக்கச் சார்ந்த, வாதப் பொருத்தமுடைய, தருக்கமுறைப்பட்ட

dialectical in Marathi

of or pertaining to dialectic
द्वंद्वात्मक dvandvātmak

dialectical in Urdu

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dialectical in Sanskrit
द्वंद्वात्मक dvaṃdvātmaka, द्वन्द्वात्मक dvandvātmaka

Examples of dialectical in a sentence

  • The thinker imprudently dismissed the ontological premises of the argument without engaging in dialectical scrutiny, thereby undermining the epistemic integrity of the discourse.
  • We know — have long known — that romanticism and fatalism are dialectical lovers.
  • The trilogical frame of the Stories was presented in nonnatural order presenting the dialectical structure of self-consciousness.

All 18 example sentences with dialectical

Synonyms of dialectical

Forms of dialectical

comparativemore dialectical
superlativemost dialectical

Origin of dialectical

From Latin dialecticus + -al. By surface analysis, dialectic + -al or dialect + -ical.

Words formed from dialectical

Phrases with dialectical

Questions about dialectical

What does dialectical mean?
Dialectical means of or pertaining to dialectic; (in philosophy) logically reasoned through the exchange of opposing ideas.
What is dialectical in Hindi?
Dialectical in Hindi is द्वंद्वात्मक (dvandvātmak), द्वन्द्वात्मक (dvandvātmak). See Dialectical meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is dialectical?
Dialectical is an adjective.

Words near dialectical in the dictionary

  1. dialectalism
  2. dialectalisms
  3. dialectality
  4. dialectally
  5. dialectic
  6. dialectical
  7. dialectical behavior therapy
  8. dialectical behavioral therapy
  9. dialectical behaviour therapy
  10. dialectical behavioural therapy
  11. dialectical materialism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dialectical (page history and authors); dialectical (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dialectical (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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