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Dialectician
has a plethora of syllables.
So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
| an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language. |
| given to using long words. |
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World English Dictionary
| dialectic (ˌdaɪəˈlɛktɪk) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | disputation or debate, esp intended to resolve differences between two views rather than to establish one of them as true |
| 2. | philosophy |
| a. the conversational Socratic method of argument | |
| b. (in Plato) the highest study, that of the Forms | |
| 3. | (in the writings of Kant) the exposure of the contradictions implicit in applying empirical concepts beyond the limits of experience |
| 4. | philosophy Hegelian dialectic See also dialectical materialism the process of reconciliation of contradiction either of beliefs or in historical processes |
| —adj | |
| 5. | of or relating to logical disputation |
| [C17: from Latin dialectica, from Greek dialektikē (tekhnē) (the art) of argument; see | |
| dialec'tician | |
| —n | |
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