mayéutico
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαιευτικός (maieutikós), from μαία (maía, “midwife”). In Platonic dialogue, the philosopher, through the Socratic method, assists in the "delivery" of knowledge already latent in a person, a role analogous to midwifery.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eutiko
- Syllabification: ma‧yéu‧ti‧co
Adjective
[edit]mayéutico (feminine mayéutica, masculine plural mayéuticos, feminine plural mayéuticas)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mayéutico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014