maiêutica
Portuguese, noun/majˈew.t͡ʃi.kɐ/
maiêutica is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “maieutics (the art of giving birth to ideas)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of maiêutico. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “método executado através de um questionamento filosófico que pressupõe que a verdade está associada ao…”.
What does maiêutica mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemaieutics (the art of giving birth to ideas)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of maiêutico
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. método executado através de um questionamento filosófico que pressupõe que a verdade está associada ao intelecto de todos os seres humanos podendo evoluir mediante a capacidade de responder as perguntas ou questionamentos simples relacionados a coisas da natureza, sendo essas perguntas feitas por um filósofo.
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce maiêutica?
- Brazil /majˈew.t͡ʃi.kɐ/
- Brazil [maɪ̯ˈeʊ̯.t͡ʃi.kɐ]
- Portugal /majˈew.ti.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is maiêutica in Portuguese?
maiêutica appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).