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English
Etymology
From Latin Socraticus, From Ancient Greek Σωκρατικός (Sōkratikós, “of Socrates”), from Σωκράτης (Sōkrátēs, “Socrates”), equivalent to Socrates + -ic.
Adjective
Socratic (comparative more Socratic, superlative most Socratic)
- Of or characteristic of the philosopher Socrates or his philosophical methods and/or views.
- Synonyms: Socratean, Socratian
1976 December 11, Thom Willenbecher, “Tilden Re-Crucified”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 24, page 14:His closest companions were handsome young boys who worshipped him and his game, whom Bill sought to remake in his own image. He had no family, no real heirs, and so his boys were his spiritual sons as well as his heirs in tennis. They were his lovers as well. Theirs was a relationship of a Socratic sort, a pedagogical eroticism between an adolescent protege which ingaged them in a mutual project of spiritual and physical development.
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characteristic of the philosopher Socrates
Noun
Socratic (plural Socratics)
- A follower of Socrates.
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