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maieutical

maieutical is the alternative form of maieutic.

Meaning of maieutic

Adjective

maieutic (comparative more maieutic, superlative most maieutic)

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

See all 3 meanings of maieutic

Forms of maieutical

comparativemore maieutical
superlativemost maieutical

Origin of maieutical

From maieutic + -al.

Words formed from maieutical

Questions about maieutical

What is maieutical the alternative form of?
Maieutical is the alternative form of maieutic.

Words near maieutical in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: maieutical (page history and authors); maieutic (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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