dialectician

American  

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

noun

1. a person skilled in dialectic; logician.

2. a dialectologist.

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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

Example Sentences

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dialectician

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

Will a dialectician be able to judge, in geometry, what is true and false, or in literature, or in music?

From The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero by Yonge, Charles Duke