SOCRATIC METHOD

PRONUNCIATION: (suh-KRAT-ik meth-uhd)

MEANING: noun: A method of teaching in which, instead of giving the answer, the teacher guides students to it by asking them a series of questions.

ETYMOLOGY: After Greek philosopher Socrates (c. 470-399 BCE) who employed this method in his teaching. Earliest documented use: 1741. Socrates’s wife Xanthippe has also given us an eponym.
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SOCIATIC METH O.D. - we have a big problem with too much methamphetamine

SORATIC METHOD - procedure for treating an exfoliative skin disease

ISOCRATIC METHOD - principle of self-government