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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): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /maˈʝeutiko/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maˈʃeutiko/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maˈʒeutiko/
- Rhymes: -eutiko
- Syllabification: ma‧yéu‧ti‧co
Adjective
mayéutico (feminine mayéutica, masculine plural mayéuticos, feminine plural mayéuticas)
- maieutic
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