Socratic method
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Socratic method
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Named for Socrates, who employs it in Plato's dialogues.
noun
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A method of teaching through questions rather than lectures.
Similar: elenchus, elenctic method, erotematic method, maieutics
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noun Translations
| Español | mayéutica, método socrático, debate socrático |
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| 한국어 | 문답법 mundapbeop, 소크라테스식 대화법 sokeurateseusik daehwabeop |
| 日本語 | ソクラテス式問答法 Sokuratesu shiki mondō hō, 反対論証法 hantai ronshō hō, ソクラテス式討論 Sokuratesu shiki tōron |
| 中文 | 蘇格拉底反詰法 /苏格拉底反诘法 Sūgélādǐ fǎnjiéfǎ, 或作蘇格拉底法 /或作苏格拉底法 huózuó Sūgélādǐ fǎ |
| Português | maiêutica, método socrático |
| Français | maïeutique |
| Deutsch | sokratische Methode, Mäeutik, Maieutik |
| Italiano | maieutica, metodo socratico |
| Ελληνικά | μαιευτική maieftikí |
| Română | maieutică |
| Русский | ме́тод Сокра́та métod Sokráta, майе́втика majjévtika |
| العربية | طَرِيقَة سُقْرَاطَ |
| עברית | השיטה הסוקרטית, וִכּוּחַ סוקרטי |
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