dialectical
/dˌaɪəlˈɛktɪkəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to dialectic; (in philosophy) logically reasoned through the exchange of opposing ideas.
adj
Synonym of dialectal (“of or pertaining to a dialect”).
Example Sentences
- "Sure, maybe. We know — have long known — that romanticism and fatalism are dialectical lovers."
- "For I, and no doubt You, have long obſerved, that thoſe Dialectical ſubtleties, that the Schoolmen too often employ about Phyſiological Myſteries, are vvont much more to declare the vvit of him that uſes them, then increaſe the knovvledge or remove the doubts of ſober lovers of truth."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more dialectical (comparative)
most dialectical (superlative)