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dialectical

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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adj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dialectic

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dialectal

Antonyms: none provided

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adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to or employing dialectic

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the dialectical method

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dialectic

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: դիալեկտիկական (dialektikakan) — of or pertaining to dialectic
  • Chinese Mandarin: 辯證的 /辩证的 (biànzhèng de) — of or pertaining to dialectic
  • Czech: dialektický — of or pertaining to dialectic
  • French: dialectique — of or pertaining to dialectic
  • Galician: dialéctico — of or pertaining to dialectic
  • Hindi: द्वंद्वात्मक (dvandvātmak) — of or pertaining to dialectic
  • Hindi: द्वन्द्वात्मक (dvandvātmak) — of or pertaining to dialectic
  • Japanese: 弁証法の (benshōhō no) — of or pertaining to dialectic
  • Kazakh: диалектикалық (dialektikalyq) — of or pertaining to dialectic
  • Marathi: द्वंद्वात्मक (dvandvātmak) — of or pertaining to dialectic
  • Polish: dialektyczny — of or pertaining to dialectic
  • Portuguese: dialético — of or pertaining to dialectic
  • Sanskrit: द्वंद्वात्मक (dvaṃdvātmaka) — of or pertaining to dialectic
  • Sanskrit: द्वन्द्वात्मक (dvandvātmaka) — of or pertaining to dialectic
  • Spanish: dialéctico — of or pertaining to dialectic
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