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maieutic

/meɪˈjuːtɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
maieu-tic
IPA
/meɪˈjuːtɪk/
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or related to the Socratic method.

adj

Obstetric: of or related to childbirth.

noun

Midwifery.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαιευτικός (maieutikós, “obstetric”). The rhetorical sense comes from a passage in Plato's Theaetetus where Socrates likens his procedure to that of a midwife.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: μαιευτικός

Usage

Inflected Forms

more maieutic (comparative) most maieutic (superlative) maieutical (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

maieutics

Questions

How do you pronounce maieutic?
The recorded pronunciation is /meɪˈjuːtɪk/.
What does maieutic mean?
Of or related to the Socratic method.
Where does maieutic come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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