maieutic

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ma=ieu=tic

CIDE DICTIONARY

maieutica. [Gr. maieytiko`s, fr. mai^a midwife.].
  •  Serving to assist childbirth.  Cudworth.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Aiding, or tending to, the definition and interpretation of thoughts or language.  Payne.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

maieutic, adj. (of the Socratic mode of enquiry) serving to bring a person's latent ideas into clear consciousness.

Etymology
Gk maieutikos f. maieuomai act as a midwife f. maia midwife

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