Socratic

American  

[suh-krat-ik, soh-] / səˈkræt ɪk, soʊ- /

adjective

1. of or relating to Socrates or his philosophy, followers, etc., or to the Socratic method.

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noun

1. a follower of Socrates.

2. any of the Greek philosophers influenced by Socrates.

Socratic British  

/ sɒˈkrætɪk, ˈsɒkrətɪst /

adjective

1. of or relating to Socrates, his methods, etc

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noun

1. a person who follows the teachings of Socrates

Other Word Forms

• Socratically adverb
• Socraticism noun
• Socratist noun
• anti-Socratic adjective
• post-Socratic adjective
• pro-Socratic adjective
• pseudo-Socratic adjective

Etymology

Origin of Socratic

1630–40; < Latin Sōcraticus < Greek Sōkratikós of, pertaining to Socrates; -ic

Example Sentences

Recently, I took Gemini on a long walk with me, during which we had a Socratic dialogue about the history of the Byzantine Empire.

From The Wall Street Journal

That led researchers to pivot to a new paradigm for its founding goal of achieving humanlike intelligence: an automated Socratic method of questioning dubbed “reasoning.”

From The Wall Street Journal

It was there he learned the Socratic method of inquiry by oral combat that would underlie both his remarkable achievements and the harsh judgments that would precipitate his fall from grace.

From Los Angeles Times

“I force them through gentle persuasion, through the Socratic method, to make them question for themselves why they believe what they think that they believe,” he said.

From New York Times

So developers at Khan Academy engineered Khanmigo to use the Socratic method.

From New York Times