dialectics

dialectics · noun¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδιαλεκτική“the art of argument through interactive questioning and answering”
2. English todaydialectics

From Ancient Greek διαλεκτική (dialektikḗ, “the art of argument through interactive questioning and answering”), from διαλεκτικός (dialektikós, “competent debater”), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “to participate in a dialogue”), from διά (diá, “inter, through”) + λέγειν (légein, “to speak”).

dialectics · noun²

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Words from the same roots