heuristic
adjective /hjʊəˈrɪstɪk/
/hjʊˈrɪstɪk/
(formal)- heuristic teaching or education encourages you to learn by discovering things for yourselfOxford Collocations DictionaryHeuristic is used with these nouns:
- method
Word Originearly 19th cent.: formed irregularly from Greek heuriskein ‘find’.