dialectic

Example Sentences

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She uses motifs to emphasize the dialectic of continuity and change, such as the portrait that acts as an unchanging backdrop to family meals even as other once-priceless objects are sold off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

How did you create the narrative since you imagined this as a dialectic film?

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2024

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

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2023

There is an interesting dialectic between these two great writers that reveals Brazilian subjectivities.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2023

Zeno put it like this: “Rhetoric is an open palm; dialectic a closed fist.”

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith