dialectical materialism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Calque of German dialektischer Materialismus, coined by Joseph Dietzgen in Streifzüge eines Sozialisten in das Gebiet der Erkenntnißtheorie [1887].
Meanings
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(uncountable) The concept of reality in which material things are in the constant process of change brought about by the tension between conflicting or interacting forces, elements, or ideas.
Weil die idealistische Verkehrtheit in ihren letzten berühmten Ausläufern, namentlich durch Kant, Fichte, Schelling und Hegel grunddeutsch war, so ist auch das Erzeugnis derselben, der dialektische Materialismus, ein vornehmlich deutsches Produkt.
1887, Joseph Dietzgen, Streifzüge eines Sozialisten in das Gebiet der Erkenntnistheorie, page 21; English translation from Max Beer & Theodor Rothstein, transl., edited by Eugene Dietzgen & Joseph Dietzgen Jr., Excursions of a Socialist into the Domain of Epistemology (Some of the Philosophical Essays by Joseph Dietzgen), 1906, page 293:
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cmn 辯證唯物論 /辩证唯物论 (branch of philosophy) · tl materyalismong diyalektiko (branch of philosophy) · uk діалекти́чний матеріалі́зм (branch of philosophy) · it materialismo dialettico (branch of philosophy) · ja 弁証法的唯物論 (branch of philosophy) · id materialisme dialektis (branch of philosophy) · eo dialektika materiismo (branch of philosophy) · cmn 辯證唯物主義 /辩证唯物主义 (branch of philosophy) · ml വൈരുദ്ധ്യാധിഷ്ഠിത ഭൗതികവാദം (branch of philosophy) · cmn 唯物辯證法 /唯物辩证法 (branch of philosophy) · sl dialektični materializem (branch of philosophy) · hu dialektikus materializmus (branch of philosophy) · fi dialektinen materialismi (branch of philosophy) · pt materialismo dialético (branch of philosophy) · nl dialectisch materialisme (branch of philosophy) · tr diyalektik materyalizm (branch of philosophy) · es materialismo dialéctico (branch of philosophy) · pa ਦਵੰਦਾਤਮਿਕ ਪਦਾਰਥਵਾਦ (branch of philosophy) · pl materializm dialektyczny (branch of philosophy) · ja 唯物弁証法 (branch of philosophy) · fr matérialisme dialectique (branch of philosophy) · vi chủ nghĩa duy vật biện chứng (branch of philosophy) · ru диама́т (branch of philosophy) · vi phương pháp duy vật biện chứng (branch of philosophy) · ro materialism dialectic (branch of philosophy) · ru диалекти́ческий материали́зм (branch of philosophy) · de dialektischer Materialismus (branch of philosophy) · el διαλεκτικός υλισμός (branch of philosophy)