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socratic irony

So·crat·ic i·ro·ny
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [suh-krat-ik, soh- ahy-ruh-nee, ahy-er-]
    • /səˈkræt ɪk, soʊ- ˈaɪ rə ni, ˈaɪ ər-/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [suh-krat-ik, soh- ahy-ruh-nee, ahy-er-]
    • /səˈkræt ɪk, soʊ- ˈaɪ rə ni, ˈaɪ ər-/

Definitions of socratic irony words

  • noun socratic irony pretended ignorance in discussion. 1
  • noun socratic irony a means by which the pretended ignorance of a skilful questioner leads the person answering to expose his own ignorance 0
  • noun socratic irony pretense of ignorance in a discussion to expose the fallacies in the opponent's logic 0
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Origin of socratic irony

First appearance:

before 1870
One of the 26% newest English words
First recorded in 1870-75

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Parts of speech for Socratic irony

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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socratic irony popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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