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A method of teaching through questions rather than lectures.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: elenchus, elenctic method, erotematic method, maieutics
Antonyms: none provided
a method of teaching by question and answer; used by Socrates to elicit truths from his students
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: maieutic method
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: teaching method, pedagogics, pedagogy
Named for Socrates, who employs it in Plato's dialogues.
Across languages
Translations
67 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
طَرِيقَة سُقْرَاطَ
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Azerbaijani:
mayevtika
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Catalan:
maièutica
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Catalan:
mètode socràtic
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Chinese Mandarin:
蘇格拉底反詰法 /苏格拉底反诘法
(Sūgélādǐ fǎnjiéfǎ)
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Chinese Mandarin:
或作蘇格拉底法 /或作苏格拉底法
(huózuó Sūgélādǐ fǎ)
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Czech:
sokratovská metoda
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Czech:
maieutika
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Danish:
maieutik
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Danish:
majeutik
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Dutch:
socratische methode
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Dutch:
maieutiek
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Esperanto:
sokrata metodo
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Esperanto:
elenĥus
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Esperanto:
elenkta metodo
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Esperanto:
sokrata debato
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Estonian:
sokraatiline meetod
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Finnish:
sokraattinen menetelmä
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French:
maïeutique
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Galician:
maiéutica
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Georgian:
სოკრატესეული მეთოდი
(soḳraṭeseuli metodi)
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Georgian:
მაიევტიკა
(maievṭiḳa)
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German:
sokratische Methode
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German:
Mäeutik
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German:
Maieutik
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Greek:
μαιευτική
(maieftikí)
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Ancient Greek:
μαιευτικὴ τέχνη
(maieutikḕ tékhnē)
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Ancient Greek:
μαιευτική
(maieutikḗ)
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Ancient Greek:
ἔλεγχος
(élenkhos)
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Hebrew:
השיטה הסוקרטית
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Hebrew:
וִכּוּחַ סוקרטי
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Indonesian:
metode Sokrates
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Italian:
maieutica
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Italian:
metodo socratico
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Japanese:
ソクラテス式問答法
(Sokuratesu shiki mondō hō)
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Japanese:
反対論証法
(hantai ronshō hō)
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Japanese:
ソクラテス式討論
(Sokuratesu shiki tōron)
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Korean:
문답법
(mundapbeop)
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Korean:
소크라테스식 대화법
(sokeurateseusik daehwabeop)
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Latin:
elenchus
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Latin:
maieutica
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Macedonian:
сократов метод
(sokratov metod)
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Macedonian:
сократика
(sokratika)
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Persian:
روش سقراطی
(raveš soqrâti)
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Persian:
روش افلاطونی
(raveš aflâtuni)
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Polish:
majeutyka
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Polish:
metoda sokratyczna
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Portuguese:
maiêutica
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Portuguese:
método socrático
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Romanian:
maieutică
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Russian:
ме́тод Сокра́та
(métod Sokráta)
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Russian:
майе́втика
(majjévtika)
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Slovak:
elenchos
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Slovak:
maieutika
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Slovene:
majevtika
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Slovene:
babiška metoda
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Spanish:
mayéutica
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Spanish:
método socrático
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Spanish:
debate socrático
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Swedish:
maieutik
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Swedish:
majevtik
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Swedish:
majeutik
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Turkish:
doğurtuculuk
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Turkish:
istilâdiye
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Turkish:
sokratik yöntem
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Ukrainian:
майєвтика
(majjevtyka)
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Ukrainian:
маєвтика
(majevtyka)
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