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Meaning of "maieutic" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MAIEUTIC

From Greek maieutikos relating to midwifery (used figuratively by Socrates), from maia midwife.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MAIEUTIC

maieutic  [meɪˈjuːtɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAIEUTIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Maieutic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MAIEUTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Maieutics

Maieutics is a pedagogical method based on the idea that truth is latent in the mind of every human being due to innate reason but has to be "given birth" by answering intelligently proposed questions.

Definition of maieutic in the English dictionary

The definition of maieutic in the dictionary is of or relating to the Socratic method of eliciting knowledge by a series of questions and answers.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MAIEUTIC


antiscorbutic
ˌæntɪskɔːˈbjuːtɪk
chemotherapeutic
ˌkiːməʊθɛrəˈpjuːtɪk
digoneutic
ˌdaɪɡəˈnjuːtɪk
electrotherapeutic
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪk
emphyteutic
ˌɛmfɪˈtjuːtɪk
empiricutic
emˌpɪrɪˈkjuːtɪk
halieutic
ˌhælɪˈjuːtɪk
hermeneutic
ˌhɜːmɪˈnjuːtɪk
hydrotherapeutic
ˌhaɪdrəʊˌθerəˈpjuːtɪk
immunotherapeutic
ˌɪmjʊnəʊˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪk
massotherapeutic
ˌmæsəʊˌθerəˈpjuːtɪk
nontherapeutic
ˌnɒnˌθerəˈpjuːtɪk
organotherapeutic
ˌɔːɡənəʊˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪk
phototherapeutic
ˌfəʊtəʊˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪk
propaedeutic
ˌprəʊpɪˈdjuːtɪk
psychotherapeutic
ˌsaɪkəʊθerəˈpjuːtɪk
radiotherapeutic
ˌreɪdɪəʊˌθerəˈpjuːtɪk
scorbutic
skɔːˈbjuːtɪk
subtherapeutic
ˌsʌbθerəˈpjuːtɪk
therapeutic
ˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAIEUTIC

maidenly
maidenweed
maidhood
maidish
maidishness
maidism
maidless
maidservant
Maidstone
Maiduguri
maieutical
maieutics
maigre
maihem
maik
maiko
Maikop
mail
mail bomb
mail car

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAIEUTIC

acoustic
aeronautic
Argonautic
artistic
astronautic
athletic
Atlantic
authentic
automatic
democratic
diagnostic
domestic
fantastic
parachutic
pharmaceutic
plastic
probouleutic
romantic
static
toreutic

Synonyms and antonyms of maieutic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «maieutic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAIEUTIC

Find out the translation of maieutic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of maieutic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «maieutic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

产婆式
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mayéutica
570 millions of speakers

English

maieutic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

maieutic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

maieutic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

акушерские
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

maiêutica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

maieutic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

maïeutique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Maieutic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

maieutic
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

助産術の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

산부인과
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Maieutic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

maieutic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

maieutic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

माईटिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ebelik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

maieutica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ginekologiczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

акушерські
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

obstretica
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μαιευτικής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

maieutic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Förlossnings
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Obstetriske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of maieutic

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAIEUTIC»

The term «maieutic» is used very little and occupies the 175.697 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MAIEUTIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about maieutic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAIEUTIC»

Discover the use of maieutic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to maieutic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Maieutic Frame Presence and Quantity and Quality of ...
Conclusions from the current study suggested that the maieutic frame is an effective construct to describe the structure of the Paideia seminar discussions, and a helpful tool to explore the conditions that were related to particular ...
Pelusa Orellana, Pelusa Orellana, 2008
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Varieties of Practical Reasoning
specifics is not merely a preface to achieving a maieutic end. On the contrary, a maieutic end just is a goal of settling on a specific end. In settling on a specific goal and thereby meeting the maieutic end's demand, one is achieving the maieutic ...
Elijah Millgram, 2001
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Person, Polis, Planet : Essays in Applied Philosophy: Essays ...
The Possibility of Devotion I explained how, when we achieve a maieutic end by choosing a final end as an item to pursue, the maieutic end does not persist. Having been achieved, it no longer exists as an item to pursue. If this is right, then  ...
David Schmidtz Kendrick Professor of Philosophy and Joint Professor of Economics University of Arizona, 2008
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Meno
AiSclktov can hardly have lost its maieutic sense between Syb-c and 89c, where Socrates reasserts the proposition that if virtue is knowledge it is SiSclktov. The suggestion that there are no teachers of virtue likewise occurs at 89 c, and we are  ...
Plato, R. S. Bluck, 2011
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Social Fuzziology: Study of Fuzziness of Social Complexity
1.4.3 Maieutic Inquiry Maieutic inquiry (from the Greek word maieutikos, which means 'midwifery') is a method developed by Socrates; Socrates used to call himself a midwife who would bring about the birth of new ideas in people. The method ...
Vladimir Dimitrov, Bob Hodge, 2002
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The Therapist as Listener: Martin Heidegger and the Missing ...
An Introduction to Maieutic Listening Introduction What I call 'maieutic listening' is a therapeutic listening praxis grounded in phenomenological research into the nature of the listening process. There are many questions still unasked regarding  ...
Peter Wilberg, 2004
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Kierkegaard's Work of Love
In fact, Muller's argument demonstrates that Kierkegaard's use of the maieutic complicates or even prevents our efforts to categorize Works of Love so easily. The maieutic qualities that Miiller teases out of Kierkegaard's text seem difficult if not ...
Mark Stapp, 2009
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Ethical Argumentation
10. Summary. of. the. Layered. Maieutic. Case. Study. Method. Chapter two presented a new kind of layered case study method for use in teaching ethics, and for analyzing and evaluating ethical argumentation. The new method is based on ...
Douglas N. Walton, 2003
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Plato Critical Assessments
10. A. Maieutic. View. of. Five. Late. Dialogues*. Kenneth. Sayre. *Source: Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, suppl. vol. (1992), 221-43. There are five dialogues of Plato's late period, each consisting of a conversation with a master ...
Nicholas D. Smith, 1998
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Thinking in Education
MAIEUTIC THINKING We can take our cue with respect to creative thinking by turning also to maieutic thinking. This is the kind of thinking characteristic of voice coaches, orchestra conductors, painting teachers, writing teachers, and so on.
Matthew Lipman, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAIEUTIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term maieutic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Michel Philippot : Workshop during 24 weeks
We are modestly aligned to a maieutic approach (a method of inquiry practised by Socrates and his followers. This involved using questions, ... «The Eye of Photography, Jul 15»
2
Today's issues in context
They questioned the values governing human conduct in their times through a process today called maieutic psychology by asking questions ... «The Bakersfield Californian, Jun 15»
3
Outer space, mobile robots and programmable surfaces: the future …
Another Waterloo startup, Maieutic Enterprises, aims to use nanotechnology to produce very tiny "pins" that can create a "programmable ... «Waterloo Record, Apr 15»
4
Tsipras: “I Did Not Betray Greek Voters Just Worded Things Differently”
... the Heraclitean doctrine of contrasts, and the dialogues of Plato, as well as a precursor to the maieutic Socratic method of Socrates and Plato. «Daily Squib, Feb 15»
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Black Wedding
For more of my writing on Sunn O))), see “Troubled Air: The Drone and Doom of Reproduction in Sunn O)))'s Metal Maieutic” in Women ... «Brooklyn Rail, Feb 15»
6
Velocity announces Ten finalists competing for over $100000 at the …
Maieutic – Designing a revolutionary die-casting technology called a programmable surface, which can change shape at the touch of a button. «BetaKit, Nov 14»
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A new way to get a blood sample beats KC's FitBark in startup contest
Maieutic of Oakville, Ontario, was runner-up, winning a $5,000 prize. The company has developed a die- and surface-casting technology with a ... «Kansas City Star, Nov 14»
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DARK WATER to Explore the Effects of An Oil Spill with Manhattan …
In 2006, he co-founded Maieutic Theatre Works (now Manhattan Theatre Works) with his play, Folie a Deux: Insanity in Pairs as their inaugural ... «Broadway World, Dec 13»
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"God is Not Catholic" - And According to Some, Neither is the Pope
Alberto Melloni wrote in the Corriere della Sera (October 3): “Pope Francis' ministry is exercising a maieutic function on everyone: it brings out ... «Aleteia, Oct 13»
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Spelling Bee Retro Blog!
And here he is, getting maieutic without a problem. I just pumped my fist. My girlfriend came in and gave me a weird look. 8:29 p.m.: When ... «Grantland, Jun 12»

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« EDUCALINGO. Maieutic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/maieutic>. Apr 2024 ».
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