socratic method

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

   Synonymsmaieutic method

   Broaderteaching method

Questions about socratic method

What does socratic method mean?

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

What is another word for socratic method?

Close synonyms include maieutic 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 socratic method a common word?

socratic 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.