dialectic

Example Sentences

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There’s a kind of dialectic, dual track of braiding of hope and futility that runs all the way through the book.

From Salon

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

From Salon

We grow up to discover there are names in every culture for that — yin and yang, the Apollonian and Dionysian, Vishnu and Shiva, thesis and antithesis, the law of contraries, the dialectic.

From New York Times

Their fascinatingly mercurial relationship lends the movie what structure it has, establishing a kind of combative dialectic between Napoleon’s personal and professional battles.

From Los Angeles Times

“This year’s recipients reflect the inevitable dialectic between individual creativity and community in the life of the arts.”

From Seattle Times