mayéutico

Spanish

Etymology

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

 

• IPA^(key): /maˈʝeutiko/ [maˈʝeu̯.t̪i.ko]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /maˈʝeutiko/ [maˈʝeu̯.t̪i.ko]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maˈʃeutiko/ [maˈʃeu̯.t̪i.ko]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maˈʒeutiko/ [maˈʒeu̯.t̪i.ko]

• Rhymes: -eutiko
• Syllabification: ma‧yéu‧ti‧co

Adjective

mayéutico (feminine mayéutica, masculine plural mayéuticos, feminine plural mayéuticas)

1. maieutic

Related terms

• mayéutica

 

Further reading

• “mayéutico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10