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dialectical

[dahy-uh-lek-ti-kuh l]
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adjective
  1. dialectic.
  2. of or characteristic of a dialect; dialectal.
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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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Examples from the Web for dialectical

Historical Examples

  • The dialectical interest is fully sustained by the dramatic accompaniments.

    Lysis

    Plato

  • All of them are rhetorical and poetical rather than dialectical, but glimpses of truth appear in them.

  • For, as we remarked in discussing the Sophist, the dialectical method is no respecter of persons.

  • The political aspects of the dialogue are closely connected with the dialectical.

  • It is French, with merely a dialectical difference from "French of Paris."

British Dictionary definitions for dialectical

dialectical

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

adj.

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

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