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Webster 1913 Edition


Dialectical

{

Diˊa-lec′tic

,

Diˊa-lec′tic-al

, }
Adj.
[L.
dialecticus
, Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F.
dialectique
. See
Dialect
.]
1.
Pertaining to dialectics; logical; argumental.
2.
Pertaining to a dialect or to dialects.
Earle.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dialectical

DIALECTICAL

,
Adj.
1.
Pertaining to a dialect, or dialects; not radical.
2.
Logical; argumental.

Definition 2024


dialectical

dialectical

English

Adjective

dialectical (comparative more dialectical, superlative most dialectical)

  1. (philosophy) Of, or pertaining to dialectic; logically reasoned through the exchange of opposing ideas.
  2. (proscribed) Of, or characteristic of a dialect; dialectal.

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See also

  • dialectal (standard word for "characteristic of a dialect")