Socratic

Meaning

1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Socratic irony or the Socratic method.
2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the philosopher Socrates or his philosophy or methods.
3. A proponent of the philosophy or methods of Socrates.

Etymology / origin

From Latin Sōcratic(us), from Ancient Greek Σωκρατικός (Sōkratikós, “of Socrates”), from Σωκράτης (Sōkrátēs, “Socrates”). By surface analysis, Socrat(es) + -ic.

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