All 6 Uses

dialectic
in
The Fountainhead
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If this sounds like a contradiction, it is not a proof of bad logic, but of a higher logic, the dialectics of all life and art.†
Chpt 2.8 *
I am really trying to express myself as clearly as I can, but it is impossible to present a dialectic state by covering it up with an old fig leaf of logic just for the sake of the mentally lazy layman.†
Chpt 2.12

dialectic = a search for truth through logical discussion
On the other hand, dialectic materialism...†
Chpt 4.6
Prescott calls it dialectic trans-spatial interdependence.†
Chpt 4.6
The dialectic process, Peter.†
Chpt 4.7
Instinct'—'Feeling'—'Revelation'—'Divine Intuition'—'Dialectic Materialism.†
Chpt 4.14

Definitions:

(1) (dialectic)
a search for truth through logical discussion -- especially in reconciling two conflicting influences or ideas
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)