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dialectician

UK/ˌdʌɪəlɛkˈtɪʃn/US/ˌdaɪəlɛkˈtɪʃn/

dialectician noun: someone skilled in dialectics: someone able to arrive at logical conclusions through reasoned argument.

Noun (1)

dialectician (plural dialecticians)

  1. (historical) Someone skilled in dialectics: someone able to arrive at logical conclusions through reasoned argument.
  2. Someone skilled in dialectical idealism: someone able to arrive at historical conclusions through consideration of contradictions.
  3. (Marxism) Someone skilled in dialectical materialism: someone able to arrive at socio-political conclusions through consideration of class differences.

Noun (2)

dialectician (plural dialecticians)

  1. Someone knowledgeable about dialects.
    Synonyms:
    dialectologist

dialectician meaning in Kannada and Sanskrit

dialectician in Kannada

ನೈಯಾಯಿಕ

dialectician in Sanskrit

a dialectician, logician, philosopher
तार्किक tārkika

Synonyms of dialectician

Forms of dialectician

pluraldialecticians
alternative formdialecticiane
alternative formdialectisiane
alternative formdialectitian

Origin of dialectician

From French dialecticien (“one skillful in dialectic”), from Latin dialecticus (“dialectic”) + French -ien (“-ian”) from Latin -ianus (“-ian”). Equivalent to dialectic + -ian.

From dialectic (“dialectical”) + -ian.

Questions about dialectician

What does dialectician mean?
Dialectician means someone skilled in dialectics: someone able to arrive at logical conclusions through reasoned argument.
What is dialectician in Kannada?
Dialectician in Kannada is ನೈಯಾಯಿಕ. See Dialectician meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is dialectician?
Dialectician is a noun.
How do you pronounce dialectician?
Dialectician is pronounced /ˌdʌɪəlɛkˈtɪʃn/ (UK).
What is the plural of dialectician?
The plural of dialectician is dialecticians.

Words near dialectician in the dictionary

  1. dialecticalisation
  2. dialecticality
  3. dialecticalization
  4. dialecticalizations
  5. dialectically
  6. dialectician
  7. dialecticians
  8. dialecticism
  9. dialecticisms
  10. dialectick
  11. dialecticks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dialectician (page history and authors); dialectician (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); तार्किक (Sanskrit) (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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