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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. of or relating to or employing dialectic;
- Example: "the dialectical method"
[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. [1913 Webster] 2. Pertaining to a dialect or to dialects. --Earle. [1913 Webster]
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