産さん婆ば術じゅつ

noun

maieutics; Socratic midwifery

A philosophical term referring to the Socratic method of eliciting knowledge through questioning, likened to midwifery. Rare outside academic contexts.

• ソクラテスの産さん婆ば術じゅつは、対たい話わを通つうじて相あい手ての内うちなる知ち識しきを引ひき出だす方ほう法ほうだ。

  Socratic maieutics is a method of drawing out the interlocutor's inner knowledge through dialogue.