maieuticadj.n.

Brit.

/meɪˈjuːtɪk/,

/mʌɪˈjuːtɪk/, U.S.

/meɪˈjudək/

Forms: 1600s majeutick, 1800s– maieutic.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μαιευτικός.

Etymology: < ancient Greek μαιευτικός (lit. ‘obstetric’; used figuratively by Socrates in Plato Theaetetus 161 E) < μαιεύεσθαι to act as a midwife ( < μαῖα midwife: see Maia n.) + -τικός , suffix forming adjectives from verbs (compare -ic suffix). Compare French maïeutique, noun (1867).

A. adj.

Relating to or designating the Socratic process, or other similar method, of assisting a person to become fully conscious of ideas previously latent in the mind.Originally with reference to one of the classes into which the Platonic dialogues were divided by ancient commentators (see esp. Diogenes Laertius Lives Eminent Philosophers iii. §49).

ΘΚΠ

society > education > teaching > [adjective] > other methods of teaching

scholastical?a1475

scholastic1483

maieutic1656

maieutical1678

demonstrative1805

peripatetic1890

free activity1929

hypnopaedic1932

show-and-tell1945

audio-active1958

programmed1958

audio-lingual1959

mother tongue1960

immersion1965

distance-based1979

1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. v. 46 Exegetick... Majeutick.

1759 F. Sydenham Synopsis Wks. Plato 9 The Maieutic Dialogues..were supposed to resemble Giving the Rudiments of the Art; as the Peirastic were, to represent a Skirmish, or Trial of Proficiency.

1856 W. A. Butler Lect. Hist. Anc. Philos. I. 374 The method of Socrates is..essentially a ‘maieutic’ or obstetric method.

1868 Contemp. Rev. 7 12 Teaching botany..by what he truly calls a maieutic process, drawing out intelligence before communicating knowledge.

1882 Sat. Rev. 23 Sept. 415/2 Examples of Mr. Cory's stimulating and maieutic method of dealing with history.

1938 S. Beckett Murphy v. 71 Someone wretched enough to be consoled by such maieutic saws as ‘How can he be clean that is born.’

1979 C. Rycroft Innocence of Dreams (1981) iv. 83 A psychotherapist's relation to his patient is in many ways maieutic and can be readily likened to that of a midwife.

1980 J. M. Coetzee Waiting for Barbarians ii. 41 I am like an incompetent schoolmaster, fishing about with my maieutic forceps.

B. n.

In plural. The maieutic method of inquiry or education.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > teaching > [noun] > other methods of teaching

demonstration1742

bear-leading1766

royal road1793

tachydidaxy1846

object teaching1851

object system1862

methodic1864

community education1873

methodics1883

maieutics1885

type-system1901

direct method1904

spoon-feeding1905

play method1914

playway1914

project method1916

active learning1919

study skills1924

skit1926

free activity1929

hypnopaedia1932

sleep-teaching1932

chalk and talk1937

show-and-tell1941

demo1945

naming of (the) parts1946

team teaching1949

teleteaching1953

programming1954

audio-lingualism1961

immersion1965

dem1968

open learning1970

suggestopaedia1970

suggestopedy1970

distance learning1972

fast-tracking1972

paideia1982

tutorial1984

m-learning2001

1885 W. H. Payne tr. G. Compayre Hist. Pedagogy 23 Maieutics, or the art of giving birth to ideas.

1981 J. Simon Paradigms Lost iv. 68 Linguistic education (dare I call it maieutics, inasmuch as the writer is the midwife between the reader and the dictionary?).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	maieutic
释义	maieuticadj.n. Brit. /meɪˈjuːtɪk/, /mʌɪˈjuːtɪk/, U.S. /meɪˈjudək/ Forms: 1600s majeutick, 1800s– maieutic. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μαιευτικός. Etymology: < ancient Greek μαιευτικός (lit. ‘obstetric’; used figuratively by Socrates in Plato Theaetetus 161 E) < μαιεύεσθαι to act as a midwife ( < μαῖα midwife: see Maia n.) + -τικός , suffix forming adjectives from verbs (compare -ic suffix). Compare French maïeutique, noun (1867). A. adj. Relating to or designating the Socratic process, or other similar method, of assisting a person to become fully conscious of ideas previously latent in the mind.Originally with reference to one of the classes into which the Platonic dialogues were divided by ancient commentators (see esp. Diogenes Laertius Lives Eminent Philosophers iii. §49). ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > [adjective] > other methods of teaching scholastical?a1475 scholastic1483 maieutic1656 maieutical1678 demonstrative1805 peripatetic1890 free activity1929 hypnopaedic1932 show-and-tell1945 audio-active1958 programmed1958 audio-lingual1959 mother tongue1960 immersion1965 distance-based1979 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. v. 46 Exegetick... Majeutick. 1759 F. Sydenham Synopsis Wks. Plato 9 The Maieutic Dialogues..were supposed to resemble Giving the Rudiments of the Art; as the Peirastic were, to represent a Skirmish, or Trial of Proficiency. 1856 W. A. Butler Lect. Hist. Anc. Philos. I. 374 The method of Socrates is..essentially a ‘maieutic’ or obstetric method. 1868 Contemp. Rev. 7 12 Teaching botany..by what he truly calls a maieutic process, drawing out intelligence before communicating knowledge. 1882 Sat. Rev. 23 Sept. 415/2 Examples of Mr. Cory's stimulating and maieutic method of dealing with history. 1938 S. Beckett Murphy v. 71 Someone wretched enough to be consoled by such maieutic saws as ‘How can he be clean that is born.’ 1979 C. Rycroft Innocence of Dreams (1981) iv. 83 A psychotherapist's relation to his patient is in many ways maieutic and can be readily likened to that of a midwife. 1980 J. M. Coetzee Waiting for Barbarians ii. 41 I am like an incompetent schoolmaster, fishing about with my maieutic forceps. B. n. In plural. The maieutic method of inquiry or education. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > [noun] > other methods of teaching demonstration1742 bear-leading1766 royal road1793 tachydidaxy1846 object teaching1851 object system1862 methodic1864 community education1873 methodics1883 maieutics1885 type-system1901 direct method1904 spoon-feeding1905 play method1914 playway1914 project method1916 active learning1919 study skills1924 skit1926 free activity1929 hypnopaedia1932 sleep-teaching1932 chalk and talk1937 show-and-tell1941 demo1945 naming of (the) parts1946 team teaching1949 teleteaching1953 programming1954 audio-lingualism1961 immersion1965 dem1968 open learning1970 suggestopaedia1970 suggestopedy1970 distance learning1972 fast-tracking1972 paideia1982 tutorial1984 m-learning2001 1885 W. H. Payne tr. G. Compayre Hist. Pedagogy 23 Maieutics, or the art of giving birth to ideas. 1981 J. Simon Paradigms Lost iv. 68 Linguistic education (dare I call it maieutics, inasmuch as the writer is the midwife between the reader and the dictionary?). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1656
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