maieutic
/mey-yoo-tik/US // meɪˈyu tɪk //UK // (meɪˈjuːtɪk) //
医学,医学界,医学类,医学专家
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : of or relating to the method used by Socrates of eliciting knowledge in the mind of a person by interrogation and insistence on close and logical reasoning.
Examples
Therefore he called his method the "maieutic" or "obstetric" art.
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