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maidmarian | maidpale | maidservant | maidu | maiduguri | maieutic | maieutic method | maieutical | maieutics | maiger | maigre

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maieutic

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Adjective

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ma=ieu=tic

CIDE DICTIONARY

maieutic, a. [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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