b.Socratic elenchus: the method pursued by Socrates of eliciting truth by means of short question and answer.
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1850 F. D. MauriceMoral & Metaphysical Philos. (ed. 2) I. 116 My [Socrates'] elenchus is nothing better in itself than the logic..of any other professor.]
1874 J. P. MahaffySocial Life Greece xi. 340 Such people..cared little about even the Socratic elenchus.