Dialectic vs Diametric - What's the difference?
dialectic | diametric |
Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at a truth by the exchange of logical arguments.
A contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction.
directly opposite
* In some religions, good and evil are considered diametric opposites.
of or relating to a diameter; diametral
As adjectives the difference between dialectic and diametric
is that dialectic is dialectical while diametric is directly opposite.As a noun dialectic
is any formal system of reasoning that arrives at a truth by the exchange of logical arguments.dialectic
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Alternative forms
* dialectick (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- This situation created the inner dialectic of American history.