dialectics

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 (uncountable)

1. A systematic method of argument that attempts to resolve the contradictions in opposing views or ideas.

• dialectic
• dialectical method

dialectics

1. plural of dialectic

• dialectics in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.