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Definition of: maieutic
(mā·y
′tik) adjective
Helping to bring forth ideas and truths from the mind of a pupil by a series of pertinent questions: said of the Socratic method. Also ma·ieu′ti·cal. [<Gk. maieutikos, lit., obstetric <maieuesthai act as a midwife <maia a midwife]
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