dīˈaləˌjizəm sometimes ˈdīəˌlȯˌgi- or -ˌläg- in sense 1 noun
( -s )
Etymology: Late Latin dialogismos, from Greek, from dialogos + -ismos -ism
1. archaic
a. : the expression of an author's ideas by means of a dialogue between two or more characters
b. : dialogue 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”)