dialectical

dialectical

English

Etymology

dialectic +‎ -al

Adjective

dialectical (comparative more dialectical, superlative most dialectical)

1. Of, or pertaining to dialectic; (in philosophy) logically reasoned through the exchange of opposing ideas.
2. Synonym of dialectal (“of, or peculiar to a dialect”)

Derived terms

• dialectical behavioral therapy
• dialectical behavior therapy
• dialectical behavioural therapy
• dialectical behaviour therapy
• dialectical materialism

 

Related terms

• dialect
• dialectic
• dialectically

Translations

pertaining to dialectics

Armenian: դիալեկտիկական (hy) (dialektikakan) Chinese: Mandarin: 辯證的／辩证的 (biànzhèng de) Czech: dialektický French: dialectique (fr) Galician: dialéctico m Japanese: 弁証法の (べんしょうほうの, benshōhō no) Kazakh: диалектикалық (dialektikalyq) Polish: dialektyczny (pl) Portuguese: dialético (pt) Spanish: dialéctico (es)

peculiar to a nonstandard dialect — see dialectal

See also

• (peculiar to a dialect): dialectal