dialectics means A systematic method of argument that attempts to resolve the contradictions in opposing views or ideas. It carries an Arena rating of 1309, earned across 3 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, dialectics ranks #1,798 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words, #2,653 of 17,138 for Most Incisive Words, #2,976 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words, #3,033 of 17,104 for Most Storied Words.
dialectics is pronounced /daɪəˈlɛktɪks/.
Why “dialectics” is a great word
A systematic method of argument or philosophical inquiry that attempts to resolve contradictions in opposing views or ideas through structured dialogue, flowing from Ancient Greek διαλεκτική (dialektikḗ, "the art of argument through interactive questioning and answering"), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, "to participate in a dialogue"), from διά (diá, "inter, through") + λέγειν (légein, "to speak"). Unlike "debate," a formal contest for victory, or "logic," the formal architecture of valid inference, dialectics is the collaborative pursuit of a higher truth through the clash and synthesis of antitheses. It is the palpable tension in a Socratic dialogue, the historical engine of thesis meeting antithesis, and the quiet, inevitable unfolding of a bud into a flower and then into fruit—the blacksmith's forge where contradictory truths are heated until they yield something harder than either alone, becoming the very path by which conflict, when parsed through reason, transforms into understanding.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek διαλεκτική (dialektikḗ, “the art of argument through interactive questioning and answering”), from διαλεκτικός (dialektikós, “competent debater”), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “to participate in a dialogue”), from διά (diá, “inter, through”) + λέγειν (légein, “to speak”).
noun
- A systematic method of argument that attempts to resolve the contradictions in opposing views or ideas.e.g.“The dialectics of absolute and relative, concrete and abstract, subject and object, and theory and practice is focused on some of the most important questions in philosophy.”
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