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Maieutic

//meɪˈjuːtɪk// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective

1
Of or related to the Socratic method.
2
Obstetric: of or related to childbirth. uncommon

Noun

1
Midwifery. uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek μαιευτικός (maieutikós, “obstetric”). The rhetorical sense comes from a passage in Plato's Theaetetus where Socrates likens his procedure to that of a midwife.

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek μαιευτικός (maieutikós, “obstetric”). The rhetorical sense comes from a passage in Plato's Theaetetus where Socrates likens his procedure to that of a midwife.

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