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dialectic ["daɪə'lεktɪk]

1. 1. n disputation or debate, esp intended to resolve differences between two views rather than to establish one of them as true

2. 2. n [哲学] the conversational Socratic method of argument

3. 3. n (in Plato) the highest study, that of the Forms

4. 4. n (in the writings of Kant) the exposure of the contradictions implicit in applying empirical concepts beyond the limits of experience

5. 5. n [哲学] the process of reconciliation of contradiction either of beliefs or in historical processes - See also Hegelian dialectic dialectical materialism

6. 6. adj of or relating to logical disputation

7. 7. adj [Etymology] C17: from Latin dialectica, from Greek dialektike (tekhne) (the art) of argument; see dialect