dialectic

Other forms of dialectic

plural

dialectics·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dialectic

What does dialectic mean?

dialectic means "any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dialectic?

dialectic has 4 syllables: di-a-lec-tic. The stress falls on "lec". In IPA it is /ˌdaɪəˈlɛktɪk/.

What is another word for dialectic?

Close synonyms include dialectical. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dialectic a common word?

dialectic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.