dialectic

Meanings

Noun

• Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at a truth by the exchange of logical arguments.
• A contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction.
• Progress of conflict, especially class conflict.

Adjective

• dialectical

Origin

• From Old French dialectique, from Late Latin dialectica, from Ancient Greek διαλεκτική, from διαλεκτικός, from διαλέγομαι, from διά + λέγω.