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dialectical

dahy uh lek ti kuhl

  • a  of or relating to or employing dialectic
    the dialectical method

  • The methods fostered at this school have a tendency to exalt dialectical skill, to focus the mind on narrow issues, and to obscure the fact that no reasoning, however logical, can rise above the premises on which it is based.
  • Lysenko was a peasant-born agronomist and Marxist ideologue who rejected Mendel's ideas because they contradicted the doctrine of dialectical materialism.
  • What is dialectical materialism, the method of argument so dear to the Communist heart? The anti-Communist magazine Tarantel in Berlin gave the answer in the form of an anecdote.
Quotes

  • Fidel Castro in NEWS.com.au
    Well I agree, but in the United States,Castro wrote. "The end of one era is not the same thing as the beginning of an unsustainable system." "Cuba changed some time ago, and will continue on its dialectical path."
  • Rafael Correa in Reuters
    Che was one of the greatest Latin Americans in history, but ours is 21st Century socialism,Correa told Reuters in a recent interview in Washington. "We don't believe in class war or dialectical materialism. We believe it's possible to...
  • Marsha Linehan in uwnews.org
    People with borderline personality disorder have difficulty regulating their emotion and their lives so dialectical behavior therapy is designed to help clients build a life worth living,said Linehan "Not only do they attach to us, we...

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