dialectic
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8.9
- noun
- /daɪəˈlɛktɪk/
- Formal
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dialéctica
- In philosophy class, we explored the concept of dialectic through discussions of conflicting ideas.
- dialectic of conflict
- historical dialectic
- dialectic and rhetoric
That is how this dialectic can be addressed.
- That is how this dialectic can be addressed.
- They saw that there wasn't just a steady dialectic of progress.
- As as Hegel said, it's where the dialectic comes and synthesizes, where we have the most spiritual pursuit.
- But I think that if you actually think about it as a struggle, then you are setting up that dialectic.
- It is going to advance the dialectic, as we see.
- It's, it's a, it's a dialectic all the time.
- OK, Look, I hate to see somebody forward the dialectic.
- I mean, yeah, I mean, I I do think that it is this dialectic that is sort of the essence of everything.
- But I'd like to get back to that a little later and continue with this black hole dialectic.
Examples
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So, Hegel's specific version, the master and slave dialectic, what's it all about?
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Wordsworth's major poetry lives in the dialectic between spontaneity and defense, joy and stoicism, Margaret and Armytage.
Academic text (1990) -
That is part of the dialectic or the process of freedom.
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And once that happens, then the dialectic continues.
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Sounds like we're reaching some dialectic agreement here.
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That is how this dialectic can be addressed.
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This is the essence of the dialectic.
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So here we're dealing with the dialectic between epigenetic and genetic.
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A counterpart is not merely an opposite; rather, rhetoric and dialectic are two sides of the same coin.
Academic text (1991) -
According to James, Hegel insisted that the importance of dialectic is the capacity to speculate into the future.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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A way of thinking that explains change by the conflict of opposing ideas or forces
A way of arguing that uses opposite ideas to reach a new view
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dialectic comes from Greek parts dia- 'through' and legein 'to speak', and it is close to the common word dialogue. So a dialectic is a 'talking through' of opposite ideas to reach a new understanding.