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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dialectic \Di'a*lec"tic\, Dialectical \Di'a*lec"tic*al\, adjective [L. dialecticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. dialectique. See {Dialect}.]
1. Pertaining to dialectics; logical; argumental.
2. Pertaining to a dialect or to dialects. --Earle.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dialectical
adjective
1: of or relating to logical disputation; "a dialectical weapon against his opponent"
2: of or relating to or employing dialectic; "the dialectical method" [syn: {dialectic}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "dialectical": a fortiori, a posteriori, a priori, analytic, argumental, argumentative, categorical, combative, conditional, contentious, controversial, deductive, dialectic, discursive, disputatious, enthymematic, epagogic, eristic, hypothetical, ill-humored, inductive, inferential, litigious, logomachic, maieutic, pilpulistic, polemic, pro and con, quarrelsome, soritical, syllogistic, synthetic
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