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dialectician

American  
[dahy-uh-lek-tish-uhn] / ˌdaɪ ə lɛkˈtɪʃ ən /

noun

  1. a person skilled in dialectic; logician.

  2. a dialectologist.


Etymology

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

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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

Mortimer Adler, the philosopher and dialectician who heads Chicago's Institute for Philosophical Research, argues that the matter is far from merely academic.

From Time Magazine Archive

The student and the dialectician and the theologian can ill afford to be unfamiliar with the great doctor's thoughts.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

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