1. Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments 
2. A contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction
   "this situation created the inner dialectic of American history"

1. Of or relating to or employing dialectic
   - dialectical

Derived forms: dialectics

See also: dialectically, dialectician

Type of: contradiction, philosophy

Encyclopedia: Dialectic

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