1. Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
   "Socratic dialectic involves asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking"
    
2. A contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction
   "this situation created the inner dialectic of American history"

1. Of or relating to or employing dialectic
   "the dialectic method";
   - dialectical

Derived forms: dialectics

Type of: contradiction, philosophy

Encyclopedia: Dialectic