māˈyüd.]ik, mīˈ-, -üt], ]ēk\ adjective
Etymology: Greek maieutikos, literally, of midwifery, from (assumed) maieutos (verbal of maieuesthai to act as midwife, from maia midwife) + -ikos -ic; akin to Greek mētēr mother — more at mother
: of or relating to the dialectic method practiced by Socrates in order to elicit and clarify the ideas of others