maieutic

a. 接生术的, 使对方领悟的

发音

/meɪˈjuːtɪk/

词形变化

more maieutic 比较级 most maieutic 最高级

别名

maieutical

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Midwifery.

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adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or related to the Socratic method.

    哲学
  2. 2.

    Obstetric: of or related to childbirth.

词源

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.

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