dialectic

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Salon • May 28, 2025

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 • Feb. 12, 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

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

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith