dialettico

dialectical

adjective dyah-LET-tee-koh Rare

Origin: From Greek dialektikos (of debate), from dialegesthai (to discourse).

Also means

argumentative

Usage Note

Dialettico carries a philosophical weight — relating to Hegelian dialectic or Socratic debate — but in everyday Italian it can also simply mean skilled at argumentation: un oratore dialettico (a rhetorically adept speaker). The noun la dialettica means the art of reasoning or debate.

Examples

"Il suo approccio dialettico ha convinto tutti."

Natural Translation

His dialectical approach convinced everyone.

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