dialogic

Also di·a·log·i·cal

[dahy-uh-loj-ik]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characterized by dialogue.

2. participating in dialogue.

Other Word Forms

• dialogically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of dialogic¹

1825–35; < Medieval Latin dialogicus < Greek dialogikós, equivalent to diálog ( os ) dialogue + -ikos -ic

Example Sentences

“Music is so communal, it’s so personal, it’s so dialogic, it’s communitarian.”

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Its simplicity is what makes it special, and its nonchalant skew away from dialogic sequences allows it to evoke this emotion in other, more primally sensory ways.

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We remained dialogic readers without even knowing it.

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The doubt, filling a 35-page dialogic “dispute with the soul,” is as numbing as any talk of polar bears or melting Arctic ice.

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Starting in the late 1980s, studies showed that simply reading a picture book to a young child was not as effective as pausing to engage in “dialogic” reading.

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