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Socratic irony

–noun
pretended ignorance in discussion.

Origin:
1870–75
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Socratic irony  
n.  Profession of ignorance and of willingness to learn as one interrogates another on the meaning of a term.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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