1.
[syn: dialectic, dialectical]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dialectic \Di`a*lec"tic\, Dialectical \Di`a*lec"tic*al\, a. [L.
dialecticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. dialectique. See Dialect.]
1. Pertaining to dialectics; logical; argumental.
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2. Pertaining to a dialect or to dialects. --Earle.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dialectical
adj 1: of or relating to or employing dialectic; "the
dialectical method" [syn: dialectic, dialectical]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "dialectical":
a fortiori, a posteriori, a priori, analytic, argumental,
argumentative, categorical, combative, conditional, contentious,
controversial, deductive, dialectic, discursive, disputatious,
enthymematic, epagogic, eristic, hypothetical, ill-humored,
inductive, inferential, litigious, logomachic, maieutic,
pilpulistic, polemic, pro and con, quarrelsome, soritical,
syllogistic, synthetic