noun · rare

dialectician

dialectician · dialecticians

Someone skilled in dialectics: someone able to arrive at logical conclusions through…Someone skilled in dialectics: someone able to arrive at logical conclusions through reasoned argument.

UK/ˌdʌɪəlɛkˈtɪʃn/US/ˌdaɪəlɛkˈtɪʃn/

Meaning

4 senses

(historical)Someone skilled in dialectics: someone able to arrive at logical conclusions through reasoned argument.
Someone skilled in dialectical idealism: someone able to arrive at historical conclusions through consideration of contradictions.
(Marxism)Someone skilled in dialectical materialism: someone able to arrive at socio-political conclusions through consideration of class differences.
Someone knowledgeable about dialects.

More definitions

a logician skilled in dialectic

Translations

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Origin

From French dialecticien (“one skillful in dialectic”), from Latin dialecticus (“dialectic

From French dialecticien (“one skillful in dialectic”), from Latin dialecticus (“dialectic”) + French -ien (“-ian”) from Latin -ianus (“-ian”). Equivalent to dialectic + -ian.

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