dialectics
Britishnoun
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the study of reasoning or of argumentative methodology
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a particular methodology or system; a logic
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the application of the Hegelian dialectic or the rationale of dialectical materialism
Example Sentences
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Clearly, dialectics was central to Socrates’s philosophical method.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
The dialectics of that change of mood are instructive.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2020
In that moment, Cardi invoked one of the oldest dialectics in black music.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2018
I lived under socialism, and I've studied dialectics and marxist materialism in Europe and in the US, at the undergraduate and graduate level.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2018
Aristotle made a distinction between rhetoric and dialectics.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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