[ meɪ'ju:tɪk ]
■ adjective of or denoting the Socratic mode of enquiry, which aims to bring a person's latent ideas into clear consciousness.
■ noun ( ~s ) [treated as sing. ] the ~ method.
Origin
C17: from Gk maieutikos , from maieuesthai 'act as a midwife', from maia 'midwife'.