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â¢ SYNERGISTIC (adjective). The adjective SYNERGISTIC has 3 senses: 1. used especially of drugs or muscles that work together so the total effect is greater than the sum of the two (or more). 2. of or relating to the theological doctrine of synergism. 3. working together; used especially of groups, as subsidiaries of a corporation, cooperating for an enhanced effect. Familiarity information: SYNERGISTIC used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dialectic or dialectics, also known as the dialectical method, is at base a discourse between two or more people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to establish the truth through reasoned arguments. Dialectic resembles debate, but shorn of subjective elements such as emotional appeal and the modern pejorative sense of rhetoric It may be contrasted with the didactic method where one side of the conversation teaches the other. Within Hegelianism, dialectic acquires a spec