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dialectical

[ dahy-uh-lek-ti-kuh l ]
/ ˌdaɪ əˈlɛk tɪ kəl /
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adjective

dialectic.
of or characteristic of a dialect; dialectal.

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RELATED WORDS

colloquial, idiomatic, indigenous, limited, local, provincial, vernacular, argumentative, controversial, persuasive, analytic, polemical, rationalistic, debatable, dialectic, moot, rhetorical, juridical, juristic

Nearby words

  1. dialect,
  2. dialect atlas,
  3. dialect geography,
  4. dialectal,
  5. dialectic,
  6. dialectical materialism,
  7. dialectical theology,
  8. dialectician,
  9. dialecticism,
  10. dialectics

Origin of dialectical

First recorded in 1520–30; dialectic + -al1
Related formsnon·di·a·lec·ti·cal, adjectivenon·di·a·lec·ti·cal·ly, adverbun·di·a·lec·ti·cal, adjective
Can be confuseddialectal dialectic dialectical (see usage note at dialectal)

Usage note

See dialectal.
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British Dictionary definitions for dialectical

dialectical

/ (ˌdaɪəˈlɛktɪkəl) /

adjective

of or relating to dialectic or dialectics
Derived Formsdialectically, adverb
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Word Origin and History for dialectical

dialectical

adj.

"argumentative," 1540s; see dialectic + -al (1).

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