'Dialectical' definitions:
Definition of 'dialectical'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or relating to or employing dialectic; "the dialectical method" [syn: dialectic, dialectical]
Definition of 'Dialectical'
From: GCIDE
- Dialectic \Di`a*lec"tic\, Dialectical \Di`a*lec"tic*al\, a. [L. dialecticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. dialectique. See Dialect.]
- 1. Pertaining to dialectics; logical; argumental. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Pertaining to a dialect or to dialects. --Earle. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dialectical'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a fortiori,
- a posteriori,
- a priori,
- analytic,
- argumental,
- argumentative,
- categorical,
- combative,
- conditional,
- contentious,
- controversial,
- deductive,
- dialectic,
- discursive,
- disputatious,
- enthymematic,
- epagogic,
- eristic,
- hypothetical,
- ill-humored,
- inductive,
- inferential,
- litigious,
- logomachic,
- maieutic,
- pilpulistic,
- polemic,
- pro and con,
- quarrelsome,
- soritical,
- syllogistic,
- synthetic
Words containing 'Dialectical'
- Dialect,
- Dialectal,
- Dialectic,
- Dialectically,
- Dialectics,
- Hellenistic dialect,
- Ionic dialect,
- aeolic dialect,
- arcadic dialect,
- beijing dialect,
- cantonese dialect,
- dialect atlas,
- dialect geography,
- dialectical materialism,
- doric dialect,
- eye dialect,
- flemish dialect,
- gheg dialect,
- hakka dialect,
- kuchean dialect,
- mandarin dialect,
- min dialect,
- shanghai dialect,
- tosk dialect,
- turfan dialect,
- wu dialect,
- yue dialect