Meanings
- not comparableOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of the philosopher Socrates or his philosophy or methods.
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His closest companions were handsome young boys who worshipped him and his game, whom Bill sought to remake in his own image. He had no family, no real heirs, and so his boys were his spiritual sons as well as his heirs in tennis. They were his lovers as well. Theirs was a relationship of a Socratic sort, a pedagogical eroticism between an adolescent protege which ingaged them in a mutual project of spiritual and physical development.
1976 December 11, Thom Willenbecher, “Tilden Re-Crucified”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 24, page 14- not comparablespecificallyOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of Socratic irony or the Socratic method.
a Socratic question
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of the philosopher Socrates or his philosophy or methods.
adjectiveOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of Socratic irony or the Socratic method.
Origin
- Ancient GreekΣωκρᾰ́της (Sōkrắtēs)
- Ancient GreekΣωκρᾰτῐκός (Sōkrătĭkós)
- LatinSōcratic(us)
- EnglishSocratic
Borrowed from Latin Sōcratic(us). By surface analysis, Socrat(es) + -ic.
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Ancient Greek Σωκρατικός, Σωκρατικός
- Σωκρατικός (Sōkratikós)characteristic of the philosopher Socrates
- Σωκρατικός (Sōkratikós)follower of Socrates
Catalan socràtic
- socràticcharacteristic of the philosopher Socrates
Czech sokratovský
- sokratovskýcharacteristic of the philosopher Socrates
Danish sokratisk
- sokratiskcharacteristic of the philosopher Socrates
French socratique
- socratiquecharacteristic of the philosopher Socrates
German sokratisch, Sokratiker
- sokratischcharacteristic of the philosopher Socrates
- Sokratikerfollower of Socrates
Italian socratico
- socraticocharacteristic of the philosopher Socrates
Norwegian Bokmål sokratisk
- sokratiskcharacteristic of the philosopher Socrates
Polish sokratejski, sokratyczny
- sokratejskicharacteristic of the philosopher Socrates
- sokratycznycharacteristic of the philosopher Socrates
- sokratejczykfollower of Socrates
Portuguese socrático, socrático
- socráticocharacteristic of the philosopher Socrates
- socráticofollower of Socrates
Russian сократи́ческий, сокра́тик
- сократи́ческий (sokratíčeskij)characteristic of the philosopher Socrates
- сокра́тик (sokrátik)follower of Socrates
Spanish socrático
- socráticocharacteristic of the philosopher Socrates
Swedish sokratisk
- sokratiskcharacteristic of the philosopher Socrates
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Cite this entry
Socratic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Socratic
“Socratic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Socratic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Socratic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Socratic.
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