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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Dialectic

/dīˌ-əl-ĕk'-tĭk/ · Di·a·lec·tic · IPA /ˌdaɪəˈlɛktɪk/
01 n. Same as Dialectics.
  1. 1.
    Same as Dialectics. See: Dialectics
    “Plato placed his dialectic above all sciences.” — Liddell & Scott.
02 a. Pertaining to dialectics; logical; argumental.
  1. 1.
    Pertaining to dialectics; logical; argumental.
  2. 2.
    Pertaining to a dialect or to dialects.