designating or of the Socratic method of helping a person to bring forth and become aware of latent ideas or memories
See maieutic in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(mā-yo͞oˈtĭk, mī-) also ma·ieu·ti·cal(-tĭ-kəl)
adjective
Of or relating to the aspect of the Socratic method that induces a respondent to formulate latent concepts through a dialectic or logical sequence of questions.