Dialecticalization
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The act or process of making dialectical.; The process of (a language) separating into dialects. countable, uncountable
"Caxton noted: "And that comyn englysshe that is spoken in one shire varyeth from a nother."^([sic])¹⁹ But political, social, and technical forces can arrest dialecticalization and impose a standard speech, as tends to occur in large states."
- 2 The act or process of making dialectical.; The introduction of a dialectic (exchange of arguments or contradiction of ideas) to explore an idea or topic. countable, uncountable
"Croce also opposed Hegel’s methodical dialecticalization of distinct aspects of reality, individual facts and empirical concepts,¹⁹⁰ not because of the quaint biases it revealed but because Croce was not a universalist like Hegel, only a partial universalist, lacking also the macro-microcosmos motif; and Croce could not support Hegel’s Naturphilosophie and triadic monism because he believed in a spiritualized dualism.¹⁹¹"
- 3 The act or process of making dialectical.; The initiation of dialectic (conflict), especially class conflict. Marxism, countable, uncountable
"One masterly way to avoid that danger is by a cultural revolution, that dialecticalization which has yesterday, today or tomorrow and which avoids becoming static because it is an ongoing effort for change."
Example
More examples"Caxton noted: "And that comyn englysshe that is spoken in one shire varyeth from a nother."^([sic])¹⁹ But political, social, and technical forces can arrest dialecticalization and impose a standard speech, as tends to occur in large states."
Etymology
From dialectical + -ization.
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