dialectician
AmericanEtymology
Origin of dialectician
First recorded in 1685–95; from French dialecticien, from Latin dialectic(us) “dialectic” + French -ien adjective suffix; see origin at dialectic, -ian
Example Sentences
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Rockwell is too cleareyed is to be nostalgic for the old, grittier, grimier New York; she’s also too much of a dialectician.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023
Then two hours at home with a dialectician.
From Washington Times • Jan. 15, 2015
In many ways you can look at pop in 2014 as a kind of answer song, or what a Marxist dialectician might call an antithesis, to pop in 2013.
From Slate • Dec. 15, 2014
The American philosopher and dialectician defends man's unique nature against the encroachment of manlike machines.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the most recent detailed treatment of the question he is characterised as an atheist, whereas others regard him merely as a dialectician who debates problems without having any real standpoint of his own.
From Atheism in Pagan Antiquity by Andersen, Ingeborg
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