Dialectic

n.	1.	Same as Dialectics. Plato placed his dialectic above all sciences. - Liddell & Scott.
a.	1.	Pertaining to dialectics; logical; argumental.
	2.	Pertaining to a dialect or to dialects.

Noun	1.	dialectic - any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
	2.	dialectic - a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction; "this situation created the inner dialectic of American history"
Adj.	1.	dialectic - of or relating to or employing dialectic; "the dialectical method" Synonyms: dialectical

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