dialectical

1. 1.

   of or relating to or employing dialectic

   “the dialectical method”

   Synonymsdialectic

Questions about dialectical

What does dialectical mean?

dialectical means "of or relating to or employing dialectic".

How many syllables are in dialectical?

dialectical has 5 syllables: di-a-lec-ti-cal. The stress falls on "lec". In IPA it is /ˌdaɪəˈlɛktɪkəl/.

What is another word for dialectical?

Close synonyms include dialectic. 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 dialectical a common word?

dialectical is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.