maieutics; Socratic midwifery
A philosophical term referring to the Socratic method of eliciting knowledge through questioning, likened to midwifery. Rare outside academic contexts.
Socratic maieutics is a method of drawing out the interlocutor's inner knowledge through dialogue.
From 産婆 (midwife) + 術 (art, technique). The term is a direct translation of the Greek 'maieutikē', used in philosophy to describe Socrates' method.