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maieutic

/meɪˈjuːtɪk/

maieutic adjective: of or related to the Socratic method.

Adjective

maieutic (comparative more maieutic, superlative most maieutic)

  1. Of or related to the Socratic method.
  2. (uncommon) Obstetric: of or related to childbirth.

Noun

maieutic (uncountable)

  1. Midwifery.

maieutic meaning in Bengali

maieutic in Bengali

ধাত্রীবিদ্যা

Forms of maieutic

comparativemore maieutic
superlativemost maieutic
alternative formmaieutical

Origin of maieutic

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.

Questions about maieutic

What does maieutic mean?
Maieutic means of or related to the Socratic method.
What is maieutic in Bengali?
Maieutic in Bengali is ধাত্রীবিদ্যা. See Maieutic meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is maieutic?
Maieutic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce maieutic?
Maieutic is pronounced /meɪˈjuːtɪk/.

Words near maieutic in the dictionary

  1. maiesty
  2. Maietta
  3. Maiettas
  4. maieusiophilia
  5. maieusiophobia
  6. maieutic
  7. maieutical
  8. maieutically
  9. maieutics
  10. Maigaiti
  11. Maigo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: maieutic (page history and authors); maieutic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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