mayéutico
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
editmayéutico (feminine mayéutica, masculine plural mayéuticos, feminine plural mayéuticas)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “mayéutico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014