dialectical

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Etymology 1

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

Adjective

dialectical (comparative more dialectical, superlative most dialectical)

1. Of or pertaining to dialectic; (in philosophy) logically reasoned through the exchange of opposing ideas.

   Synonym: dialectic

Derived terms

• dialectical behavioral therapy
• dialectical behavior therapy
• dialectical behavioural therapy
• dialectical behaviour therapy
• dialecticalisation
• dialecticalization
• dialectical materialism
• dialectical method
• nondialectical
• undialectical

 

Related terms

• dialect
• dialectic
• dialectically

Translations

pertaining to dialectics

• Armenian: դիալեկտիկական (hy) (dialektikakan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 辯證的／辩证的 (biànzhèng de)

• Czech: dialektický
• French: dialectique (fr)
• Galician: dialéctico m
• Japanese: 弁証法の (べんしょうほうの, benshōhō no)
• Kazakh: диалектикалық (dialektikalyq)
• Polish: dialektyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: dialético (pt)
• Spanish: dialéctico (es)

Etymology 2

From dialect +‎ -ical.

Adjective

dialectical (comparative more dialectical, superlative most dialectical)

1. (rare) Synonym of dialectal (“of or pertaining to a dialect”)

Translations

of or pertaining to a dialect — see dialectal