dialectical

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

dialectical
    adj 1: of or relating to or employing dialectic; "the
           dialectical method" [syn: {dialectic}, {dialectical}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Dialectic \Di`a*lec"tic\, Dialectical \Di`a*lec"tic*al\, a. [L.
   dialecticus, Gr. ?: cf. F. dialectique. See {Dialect}.]
   1. Pertaining to dialectics; logical; argumental.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Pertaining to a dialect or to dialects. --Earle.
      [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

32 Moby Thesaurus words for "dialectical":
      a fortiori, a posteriori, a priori, analytic, argumental,
      argumentative, categorical, combative, conditional, contentious,
      controversial, deductive, dialectic, discursive, disputatious,
      enthymematic, epagogic, eristic, hypothetical, ill-humored,
      inductive, inferential, litigious, logomachic, maieutic,
      pilpulistic, polemic, pro and con, quarrelsome, soritical,
      syllogistic, synthetic

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