maieutic
/meɪˈjuːtɪk
/adjective
Of or denoting the Socratic mode of enquiry, which aims to bring a person’s latent ideas into clear consciousness.By maieutic effect or aim, Bleger (1973) refers to an enrichment or more widespread development that affects either a part or the whole of the personality, distinguishing this from the curative goals....
- Growth-enabling leadership is best described as "maieutic" leadership, from the Greek maienomu (to serve as midwife).
- The aims of an analytical treatment are therapeutic or maieutic.
plural noun (maieutics) [treated as singular]
The maieutic method.In this paper I want to show that poetics need maieutics.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from Greek maieutikos, from maieuesthai 'act as a midwife', from maia 'midwife'.