adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to dialectic; (in philosophy) logically reasoned through the exchange of opposing ideas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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
3
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