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Definition of dialectician in English: dialecticiannoun ˌdʌɪəlɛkˈtɪʃ(ə)nˌdaɪlɛkˈtɪʃən A person skilled in philosophical debate. Example sentencesExamples - He was an acute dialectician and pre-eminent among his contemporaries in the range of his learning; he was a competent mathematician; he was even a poet.
- Heraclitus was a dialectician, while Zeno was a metaphysical relativist.
- Laconically, Brecht observed that ‘war, the great dialectician, puts every organ to the test.’
- The dialectician replaces hypotheses with secure knowledge, and his aim is to ground all science, all knowledge, on some ‘unhypothetical first principle’.
- The aim of the seminar giver, he argues, is to be witty, clever, and entertaining; the performer must also be a skilled dialectician who relishes the cut and thrust of debate.
Origin Mid 16th century: from French dialecticien, from Latin dialecticus, based on Greek dialegesthai 'converse with'. Rhymes academician, addition, aesthetician (US esthetician), ambition, audition, beautician, clinician, coition, cosmetician, diagnostician, dietitian, Domitian, edition, electrician, emission, fission, fruition, Hermitian, ignition, linguistician, logician, magician, mathematician, Mauritian, mechanician, metaphysician, mission, monition, mortician, munition, musician, obstetrician, omission, optician, paediatrician (US pediatrician), patrician, petition, Phoenician, physician, politician, position, rhetorician, sedition, statistician, suspicion, tactician, technician, theoretician, Titian, tuition, volition Definition of dialectician in US English: dialecticiannounˌdīlekˈtiSHənˌdaɪlɛkˈtɪʃən A person skilled in philosophical debate. Example sentencesExamples - He was an acute dialectician and pre-eminent among his contemporaries in the range of his learning; he was a competent mathematician; he was even a poet.
- The dialectician replaces hypotheses with secure knowledge, and his aim is to ground all science, all knowledge, on some ‘unhypothetical first principle’.
- Heraclitus was a dialectician, while Zeno was a metaphysical relativist.
- The aim of the seminar giver, he argues, is to be witty, clever, and entertaining; the performer must also be a skilled dialectician who relishes the cut and thrust of debate.
- Laconically, Brecht observed that ‘war, the great dialectician, puts every organ to the test.’
Origin Mid 16th century: from French dialecticien, from Latin dialecticus, based on Greek dialegesthai ‘converse with’. |