maieutic method

1. 1.

   a method of teaching by question and answer; used by Socrates to elicit truths from his students

   SynonymsSocratic method

   Broaderteaching method

Questions about maieutic method

What does maieutic method mean?

maieutic method means "a method of teaching by question and answer; used by Socrates to elicit truths from his students".

What is another word for maieutic method?

Close synonyms include Socratic method. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is maieutic method a common word?

maieutic method is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.