Hegelian dialectic


noun

an interpretive method, originally used to relate specific entities or events to the absolute idea, in which some assertible proposition (thesis) is necessarily opposed by an equally assertible and apparently contradictory proposition (antithesis), the mutual contradiction being reconciled on a higher level of truth by a third proposition (synthesis).

British Dictionary definitions for hegelian dialectic

Hegelian dialectic
/ (hɪˈɡeɪlɪan, heɪˈɡiː-) /

noun

philosophy an interpretive method in which the contradiction between a proposition (thesis) and its antithesis is resolved at a higher level of truth (synthesis)