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noun
Someone skilled in dialectics: someone able to arrive at logical conclusions through reasoned argument.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Someone skilled in dialectical idealism: someone able to arrive at historical conclusions through consideration of contradictions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Someone skilled in dialectical materialism: someone able to arrive at socio-political conclusions through consideration of class differences.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Marxism
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noun
Someone knowledgeable about dialects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a logician skilled in dialectic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: logician, logistician
History
From French dialecticien (“one skillful in dialectic”), from Latin dialecticus (“dialectic”) + French -ien (“-ian”) from Latin -ianus (“-ian”). Equivalent to dialectic + -ian.
Etymology tree English dialectic Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English dialectician From dialectic (“dialectical”) + -ian.
Across languages
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