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dialectics

/daɪəˈlɛktɪks/

dialectics noun: a systematic method of argument that attempts to resolve the contradictions in opposing views or ideas. Also the plural of dialectic.

Noun

dialectics (uncountable)

  1. A systematic method of argument that attempts to resolve the contradictions in opposing views or ideas.
    • The dialectics of absolute and relative, concrete and abstract, subject and object, and theory and practice is focused on some of the most important questions in philosophy.
    • None of these processes and modes of thought enters into the framework of metaphysical reasoning. Dialectics, on the other hand, comprehends things and their representations, ideas, in their essential connection, concatenation, motion, origin and ending. Such processes as those mentioned above are...1880, Friedrich Engels, chapter 2, in Socialism: Utopian and Scientific

Also used as

dialectics is also the plural of dialectic.

dialectics meaning in Punjabi

dialectics in Punjabi

systematic method of argument
ਦਵੰਦਵਾਦ davandvād

Synonyms of dialectics

Origin of dialectics

From Ancient Greek διαλεκτική (dialektikḗ, “the art of argument through interactive questioning and answering”), from διαλεκτικός (dialektikós, “competent debater”), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “to participate in a dialogue”), from διά (diá, “inter, through”) + λέγειν (légein, “to speak”).

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Words formed from dialectics

Questions about dialectics

What does dialectics mean?
Dialectics means a systematic method of argument that attempts to resolve the contradictions in opposing views or ideas.
What is dialectics in Punjabi?
Dialectics in Punjabi is ਦਵੰਦਵਾਦ (davandvād). See Dialectics meaning in Punjabi.
What part of speech is dialectics?
Dialectics is a noun.
How do you pronounce dialectics?
Dialectics is pronounced /daɪəˈlɛktɪks/.

Words near dialectics in the dictionary

  1. dialecticians
  2. dialecticism
  3. dialecticisms
  4. dialectick
  5. dialecticks
  6. dialectics
  7. dialecting
  8. dialectised
  9. dialectism
  10. dialectisms
  11. dialectization

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