Socratic method

English

Etymology

Named for Socrates, who employs it in Plato's dialogues.

Proper noun

Socratic method

A method of teaching through questions rather than lectures.
Synonyms: elenchus, elenctic method, erotematic method, maieutics

Coordinate terms

Socratic irony

Translations

Arabic: طَرِيقَة سُقْرَاطَ‎ f (ṭarīqa(t) suqrāṭa)
Azerbaijani: mayevtika
Catalan: maièutica f, mètode socràtic m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 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)
Czech: sokratovská metoda f, maieutika f
Danish: maieutik c, majeutik c
Dutch: socratische methode f, maieutiek
Esperanto: sokrata metodo, elenĥus, elenkta metodo, sokrata debato
Estonian: sokraatiline meetod
Finnish: sokraattinen menetelmä
French: maïeutique (fr) f
Galician: maiéutica (gl) f
Georgian: სოკრატესეული მეთოდი (soḳraṭeseuli metodi), მაიევტიკა (maievṭiḳa)
German: sokratische Methode f, Mäeutik (de) f, Maieutik (de) f
Greek: μαιευτική (el) f (maieftikí)
Ancient: μαιευτικὴ τέχνη f (maieutikḕ tékhnē), μαιευτική f (maieutikḗ), ἔλεγχος m (élenkhos)
Hebrew: השיטה הסוקרטית‎, וִכּוּחַ סוקרטי‎ m
Indonesian: metode Sokrates
Italian: maieutica (it) f, metodo socratico m
Japanese: ソクラテス式問答法 (ソクラテスしきもんどうほう, Sokuratesu shiki mondō hō), 反対論証法 (はんたいろんしょうほう, hantai ronshō hō), ソクラテス式討論 (ソクラテスしきとうろん, Sokuratesu shiki tōron)
Korean: 문답법 (ko) (mundapbeop), 소크라테스식 대화법 (sokeurateseusik daehwabeop)
Latin: elenchus m, maieutica f
Macedonian: сократов метод m (sokratov metod), сократика f (sokratika)
Persian: روش سقراطی‎ (raveš soqrâti), روش افلاطونی‎ (raveš aflâtuni)
Polish: majeutyka f, metoda sokratyczna f
Portuguese: maiêutica (pt) f, método socrático m
Romanian: maieutică (ro) f
Russian: ме́тод Сокра́та m (métod Sokráta), майе́втика f (majévtika)
Slovak: elenchos m, maieutika f
Slovene: majevtika f, babiška metoda f
Spanish: mayéutica (es) f, método socrático m, debate socrático m
Swedish: maieutik c, majevtik (sv) c, majeutik (sv) c
Turkish: doğurtuculuk (tr), istilâdiye (tr), sokratik yöntem
Ukrainian: майєвтика f (majjevtyka), маєвтика f (majevtyka)

References

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