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English Dictionary: dialectic	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dialectic adj of or relating to or employing dialectic; "the dialectical method" Synonym(s): dialectic, dialectical n any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction; "this situation created the inner dialectic of American history"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dialectic \Di`alec"tic\, n. Same as {Dialectics}. Plato placed his dialectic* above all sciences. --Liddell & Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dialectic \Di`alec"tic\, Dialectical \Di`alec"tic*al\, a. [L. dialecticus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. dialectique. See {Dialect}.] 1. Pertaining to dialectics; logical; argumental. 2. Pertaining to a dialect or to dialects. --Earle.