Meanings
- uncountablehuman sciencesThe 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.
Weil die idealistische Verkehrtheit in ihren letzten berühmten Ausläufern, namentlich durch Kant, Fichte, Schelling und Hegel grunddeutsch war, so ist auch das Erzeugnis derselben, der dialektische Materialismus, ein vornehmlich deutsches Produkt.
1887, Joseph Dietzgen, Streifzüge eines Sozialisten in das Gebiet der Erkenntnistheorie, page 21; English translation from Max Beer & Theodor Rothstein, transl., edited by Eugene Dietzgen & Joseph Dietzgen Jr., Excursions of a Socialist into the Domain of Epistemology (Some of the Philosophical Essays by Joseph Dietzgen), 1906, page 293Synonyms: diamat
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe 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.
Origin
- Germandialektischer Materialismus
- Englishdialectical materialism
Calque of German dialektischer Materialismus, coined by Joseph Dietzgen in Streifzüge eines Sozialisten in das Gebiet der Erkenntnißtheorie [1887].
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 唯物辯證法 /唯物辩证法, 辯證唯物主義 /辩证唯物主义
- 唯物辯證法 /唯物辩证法 (wéiwù biànzhèngfǎ)branch of philosophy
- 辯證唯物主義 /辩证唯物主义 (biànzhèng wéiwùzhǔyì)branch of philosophy
- 辯證唯物論 /辩证唯物论 (biànzhèng wéiwùlùn)branch of philosophy
Dutch dialectisch materialisme
- dialectisch materialismebranch of philosophy
Esperanto dialektika materiismo
- dialektika materiismobranch of philosophy
Finnish dialektinen materialismi
- dialektinen materialismibranch of philosophy
French matérialisme dialectique
- matérialisme dialectiquebranch of philosophy
German dialektischer Materialismus
- dialektischer Materialismusbranch of philosophy
Greek διαλεκτικός υλισμός
- διαλεκτικός υλισμός (dialektikós ylismós)branch of philosophy
Hungarian dialektikus materializmus
- dialektikus materializmusbranch of philosophy
Indonesian materialisme dialektis
- materialisme dialektisbranch of philosophy
Italian materialismo dialettico
- materialismo dialetticobranch of philosophy
Japanese 唯物弁証法, 弁証法的唯物論
- 唯物弁証法 (yuibutsu benshōhō)branch of philosophy
- 弁証法的唯物論 (benshōhōteki yuibutsuron)branch of philosophy
Polish materializm dialektyczny
- materializm dialektycznybranch of philosophy
Portuguese materialismo dialético
- materialismo dialéticobranch of philosophy
Punjabi ਦਵੰਦਾਤਮਿਕ ਪਦਾਰਥਵਾਦ
- ਦਵੰਦਾਤਮਿਕ ਪਦਾਰਥਵਾਦ (davandātmik padārthavād)branch of philosophy
Romanian materialism dialectic
- materialism dialecticbranch of philosophy
Russian диалекти́ческий материали́зм, диама́т
- диалекти́ческий материали́зм (dialektíčeskij materialízm)branch of philosophy
- диама́т (diamát)branch of philosophy
Spanish materialismo dialéctico
- materialismo dialécticobranch of philosophy
Tagalog materyalismong diyalektiko
- materyalismong diyalektikobranch of philosophy
Turkish diyalektik materyalizm
- diyalektik materyalizmbranch of philosophy
Ukrainian діалекти́чний матеріалі́зм
- діалекти́чний матеріалі́зм (dialektýčnyj materialízm)branch of philosophy
Vietnamese chủ nghĩa duy vật biện chứng, phương pháp duy vật biện chứng
- chủ nghĩa duy vật biện chứngbranch of philosophy
- phương pháp duy vật biện chứngbranch of philosophy
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dialectical materialism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dialectical%20materialism
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