dialectical

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Etymology 1

From Latin dialecticus +‎ -al.[1] By surface analysis, dialectic +‎ -al.

Adjective

dialectical (comparative more dialectical, superlative most dialectical)

  1. Of or pertaining to dialectic; (in philosophy) logically reasoned through the exchange of opposing ideas.
    Synonym: dialectic
    • 2025 July 21, Jean Garnett, “The Trouble With Wanting Men”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 July 2025:
      Sure, maybe. We know — have long known — that romanticism and fatalism are dialectical lovers.
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Etymology 2

From dialect +‎ -ical.

Adjective

dialectical (comparative more dialectical, superlative most dialectical)

  1. (rare) Synonym of dialectal (“of or pertaining to a dialect”).
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References

  1. ^ “dialectical, n. and adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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