dialectical materialism
The concept of reality in which material things are in the constant process of change…The concept of reality in which material things are in the constant process of change brought about by the tension between conflicting or interacting forces, elements, or ideas.
» Reason has long been declared the "harlot of the devil", and dialectical materialism a diabolical delusion.
Разум давно объявлен "блудницей дьявола", а диалектический материализм - дьявольским наваждением.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The concept of reality in which material things are in the constant process of change brought about by the tension between conflicting or interacting forces, elements, or ideas.
dialektischer Materialismus
диалекти́ческий материали́змdialektíčeskij materialízm, диама́тdiamát
діалекти́чний матеріалі́змdialektýčnyj materialízm
- the materialistic philosophy of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Examples
1 sentencesReason has long been declared the "harlot of the devil", and dialectical materialism a diabolical delusion.
ruРазум давно объявлен "блудницей дьявола", а диалектический материализм - дьявольским наваждением.
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Origin
Calque of German dialektischer Materialismus, coined by Joseph Dietzgen in Streifzüge eineCalque of German dialektischer Materialismus, coined by Joseph Dietzgen in Streifzüge eines Sozialisten in das Gebiet der Erkenntnißtheorie [1887].
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