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say it: dahy-uh-LEK-tik
dialectic is a noun and adjective meaning "any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments". It is pronounced /ˌdaɪəˈlɛktɪk/ — dahy-uh-LEK-tik. It carries 3 recorded senses.
any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction
“this situation created the inner dialectic of American history”
of or relating to or employing dialectic
“the dialectical method”
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.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for dialectic come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.