dialogism

noun

di·​al·​o·​gism

dīˈaləˌjizəm sometimes ˈdīəˌlȯˌgi- or -ˌläg- in sense 1

plural -s

1

archaic

a

: the expression of an author's ideas by means of a dialogue between two or more characters

b

: dialogue sense 2

2

: a disjunctive conclusion inferred from a single premise (as in "gravitation may act without contact; therefore, either some force may act without contact or gravitation is not a force")

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin dialogismos, from Greek, from dialogos + -ismos -ism

First Known Use

1574, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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