[mey-yoo-tik] 
| of or pertaining to the method used by Socrates of eliciting knowledge in the mind of a person by interrogation and insistence on close and logical reasoning. |
| ma·ieu·tic (mā-yōō'tĭk, mī-) adj. Of or relating to the aspect of the Socratic method that induces a respondent to formulate latent concepts through a dialectic or logical sequence of questions. [Greek maieutikos, from maieuesthai, to act as midwife, from maia, midwife, nurse; see mā-2 in Indo-European roots.] |