dialectics

British  

/ ˌdaɪəˈlɛktɪks /

noun

1. the study of reasoning or of argumentative methodology

2. a particular methodology or system; a logic

3. the application of the Hegelian dialectic or the rationale of dialectical materialism

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Example Sentences

Mondrian’s motto — “each element is determined by its contrary” — drew on Hegel’s dialectics, according to which oppositions pitted against one another result not in stasis but in constant evolution.

From Washington Post

The theater, built on messy dialectics, is resistant to ideology.

From Los Angeles Times

He’s a master of big speeches and sitcom beats, of walk-and-talk dialectics, of earnest mansplaining and liberal wishful thinking.

From New York Times

In times of conspiracy theories and filter bubbles, Hegel’s method of thinking – dialectics – can become a kind of intellectual self-help.

From The Guardian

The German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel spoke of political “dialectics,” in which opposites — the “thesis” and its “antithesis” — are resolved into a “synthesis.”

From Washington Post

Related Words

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• analysis
• argument
• hypothesis
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