| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| questioning the existence of God |
agnosticism
|
| questioning a statement and demanding an explanation |
challenge
|
| (law) close questioning of a hostile witness in a court of law to discredit or throw a new light on the testimony already provided in direct examination |
cross-examination
|
| (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness |
direct examination
|
| instance of questioning |
enquiry
,
inquiry
,
interrogation
,
query
,
question
|
| formal systematic questioning |
examination
,
interrogation
,
interrogatory
|
| questioning with harshness |
inquisition
|
| questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists |
interview
|
| (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality |
objection
|
| form of psychological torture inflicted by questioning the victim for hours |
prolonged interrogation
|
| (law) questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness after that witness has been subject to cross-examination |
redirect examination
,
reexamination
|
| admission of your own ignorance and willingness to learn while exposing someone's inconsistencies by close questioning |
Socratic irony
|
