mayéutico
Spanish
Etymology
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 an individual; a role analogous to midwifery.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /maˈʝeutiko/ [maˈʝeu̯.t̪i.ko]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maˈʃeutiko/ [maˈʃeu̯.t̪i.ko]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maˈʒeutiko/ [maˈʒeu̯.t̪i.ko]
- Rhymes: -eutiko
- Syllabification: ma‧yéu‧ti‧co
Adjective
mayéutico (feminine mayéutica, masculine plural mayéuticos, feminine plural mayéuticas)
Related terms
Further reading
- “mayéutico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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