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Socratic method

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A method of teaching through questions rather than lectures.
  2. 2
    a method of teaching by question and answer; used by Socrates to elicit truths from his students wordnet

Etymology

Named for Socrates, who employs it in Plato's dialogues.

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