(n) a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction, Example:this situation created the inner dialectic of American history

dialectic

(adj) of or relating to or employing dialectic, Syn. dialectical, Example:the dialectical method

dialectically

(adv) in a dialectic manner, Example:his religiousness is dialectically related to his sinfulness

dialectical materialism

(n) the materialistic philosophy of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

dialectician

(n) a logician skilled in dialectic

dialectics

(n) a rationale for dialectical materialism based on change through the conflict of opposing forces

hypercatalectic

(n) (prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot

hypercatalectic

(adj) (verse) having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of a metrically complete verse or in a metrical foot, Ant. acatalectic, catalectic

threadfish

(n) fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins, Syn. Alectis ciliaris, thread-fish

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Acatalectic

a. [ L. acatalecticus, Gr. &unr_;, not defective at the end; 'a priv. + &unr_; to cease. ] (Pros.) Not defective; complete; as, an acatalectic verse. -- n. A verse which has the complete number of feet and syllables. [ 1913 Webster ]

Analectic

a. Relating to analects; made up of selections; as, an analectic magazine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brachycatalectic

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; brachy`s short + &unr_; to leave off; cf. &unr_; incomplete. ] (Gr. & Last. Pros.) A verse wanting two syllables at its termination. [ 1913 Webster ]

Catalectic

a. [ L. catalecticus, Gr. &unr_; incomplete, fr. &unr_; to leave off; kata` down, wholly + lh`gein to stop. ] 1. (Pros.) Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Photog. & Chem.) Incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance. Abney. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dialectic

n. Same as Dialectics. [ 1913 Webster ]

Plato placed his dialectic above all sciences. Liddell & Scott.

Dialectical

{ } a. [ L. dialecticus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. dialectique. See Dialect. ] 1. Pertaining to dialectics; logical; argumental. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to a dialect or to dialects. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dialectically

adv. In a dialectical manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dialectician

n. [ Cf. F. dialecticien. ] One versed in dialectics; a logician; a reasoner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dialectics

n. [ L. dialectica (sc. ars), Gr. &unr_; (sc. &unr_;): cf. F. dialectique. ] That branch of logic which teaches the rules and modes of reasoning; the application of logical principles to discursive reasoning; the science or art of discriminating truth from error; logical discussion. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Dialectics was defined by Aristotle to be the method of arguing with probability on any given problem, and of defending a tenet without inconsistency. By Plato, it was used in the following senses: 1. Discussion by dialogue as a method of scientific investigation. 2. The method of investigating the truth by analysis. 3. The science of ideas or of the nature and laws of being -- higher metaphysics. By Kant, it was employed to signify the logic of appearances or illusions, whether these arise from accident or error, or from those necessary limitations which, according to this philosopher, originate in the constitution of the human intellect. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hypercatalectic

a. [ L. hypercatalecticus, hypercatalectus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. hypercatalectique. See Hyper-, and Catalectic. ] (Pros.) Having a syllable or two beyond measure; as, a hypercatalectic verse. [ 1913 Webster ]

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