dialectical materialism
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dialectical materialism
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Calque of German dialektischer Materialismus, coined by Joseph Dietzgen in Streifzüge eines Sozialisten in das Gebiet der Erkenntnißtheorie [1887].
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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.
Similar: diamat
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noun branch of philosophy
| Español | materialismo dialéctico |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 唯物弁証法 yuibutsu benshōhō, 弁証法的唯物論 benshōhōteki yuibutsuron |
| 中文 | 唯物辯證法 /唯物辩证法 wéiwù biànzhèngfǎ, 辯證唯物主義 /辩证唯物主义 biànzhèng wéiwùzhǔyì, 辯證唯物論 /辩证唯物论 biànzhèng wéiwùlùn |
| Português | materialismo dialético |
| Français | matérialisme dialectique |
| Deutsch | dialektischer Materialismus |
| Italiano | materialismo dialettico |
| Ελληνικά | διαλεκτικός υλισμός dialektikós ylismós |
| Română | materialism dialectic |
| Русский | диалекти́ческий материали́зм dialektíčeskij materialízm, диама́т diamát |
| Tiếng Việt | chủ nghĩa duy vật biện chứng, phương pháp duy vật biện chứng |
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