请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 dialectician
释义

dialectician

/ˌdʌɪəlɛkˈtɪʃ(ə)n /
noun
A person skilled in philosophical debate.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.
  • The dialectician replaces hypotheses with secure knowledge, and his aim is to ground all science, all knowledge, on some ‘unhypothetical first principle’.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from French dialecticien, from Latin dialecticus, based on Greek dialegesthai 'converse with'.

Rhymes

随便看

 

英语词典包含243303条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/9/20 13:53:52