SOCRATIC IRONY

PRONUNCIATION: (suh-KRAT-ik EYE-ruh-nee)

MEANING: noun: A profession of ignorance in a discussion in order to elicit clarity on a topic and expose misconception held by another.

ETYMOLOGY: After Greek philosopher Socrates (470?-399 BCE) who employed this method. Earliest documented use: 1721.
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SOCRATIC IRONS - what Socrates used to hit the ball off the grass

SOCRATIC CRONY - Xanthippe

SOURATIC IRONY - when the grape farmer says of the escaping crow, ""Well, he was too scrawny to make very good eating anyway..."