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so·crat·ic

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Socraticadjective

    of or relating to Socrates or to his method of teaching

    "Socratic teaching"

Wiktionary

  1. Socraticnoun

    a follower of Socrates.

  2. Socraticadjective

    of or characteristic of the philosopher Socrates or his philosophical methods and/or views.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Socraticadjective

    alt. of Socratical

Freebase

  1. Socratic

    Socratic is an Indie rock band hailing from Cranford/Linden, New Jersey. They signed to Drive-Thru Records in 2004, released their debut full-length Lunch for the Sky in 2005, the Just Turn EP in 2006 and their Mark Hoppus-produced follow-up album Spread The Rumors in 2008

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Socratic

    -al, sō-krat′ik, -al, adj. pertaining to Socrates, a celebrated Greek philosopher (469-399 B.C.), to his philosophy, or to his manner of teaching, which was an art of inducing his interlocutors to discover their own ignorance and need of knowledge by means of a series of simple questions.—adv. Socrat′ically.—ns. Soc′ratism, the philosophy of Socrates; Soc′ratist, a disciple of Socrates.

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Anagrams for Socratic »

  1. acrostic

  2. sarcotic

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Socratic in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Socratic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Socratic in a Sentence

  1. Jo Rae Perkins:

    I can read all these articles. It's kind of like a clearing house. And that's what I really like about Q. That's one thing that I like, the other thing is that there are questions in the Socratic method... Go do your own research, figure it out for yourself.

  2. Jo Rae Perkins:

    Q is a resource for information, i can read all these articles. It's kind of like a clearing house. And that's what I really like about Q. That's one thing that I like, the other thing is that there are questions in the Socratic method... Go do your own research, figure it out for yourself.

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