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dialectic

[dahy-uh-lek-tik] / ˌdaɪ əˈlɛk tɪk /




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“The Ontology is based firmly in reality—there is, here, a dialectic between ground truth, tribal knowledge, and enhancements.”

From Barron's May 4, 2026

Through an artistic probing of form, perhaps reflective of his ancestors’ Talmudic dialectic, he questioned traditional pieties and challenged an existing order.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 12, 2026

I saw the possibility of making a film that was dialectic, where words and speaking were at the center of the film.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2024

But it’s in “The Guest Lecture,” his second novel, that the dialectic between fantasy and figures, consciousness and bodies, takes its most affecting form.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 26, 2023

His implacable marshaling of facts and his logic had something of a new dialectic, diabolic in its force.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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