maieutic

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/meɪˈjuːtɪk/

Definition of maieutic

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of or related to the Socratic method.
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adj

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

noun

  1. (uncountable)Midwifery.

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Etymology

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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