Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dialectics

1 sense of dialectics

Sense 1
dialectics -- (a rationale for dialectical materialism based on change through the conflict of opposing forces)
       => rationale, principle -- ((law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature); "the rationale for capital punishment"; "the principles of internal-combustion engines")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dialectic

2 senses of dialectic

Sense 1
dialectic -- (any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments)
       => philosophy -- (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)

Sense 2
dialectic -- (a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction; "this situation created the inner dialectic of American history")
       => contradiction -- (opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas)