Synthesis vs Dialectic - What's the difference?
synthesis | dialectic |
The formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things.
(chemistry) The reaction of elements or compounds to form more complex compounds.
(logic) A deduction from the general to the particular.
(philosophy) The combination of thesis and antithesis.
(military) In intelligence usage, the examining and combining of processed information with other information and intelligence for final interpretation; (JP 1-02).
(rhetoric) An apt arrangement of elements of a text, especially for euphony.
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.
As nouns the difference between synthesis and dialectic
is that synthesis is the formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things while dialectic is any formal system of reasoning that arrives at a truth by the exchange of logical arguments.As an adjective dialectic is
dialectical.synthesis
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(wikipedia synthesis)Noun
(syntheses)Antonyms
* analysis * hypothesisExternal links
* * English nouns with irregular plurals ----dialectic
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Alternative forms
* dialectick (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- This situation created the inner dialectic of American history.