Socratic irony

/səˌkrætɪk ˈaɪrəni/

feigning ignorance to expose others' lack of knowledge

Socratic irony in a sentence

“His 'I don't understand, explain it to me' was pure Socratic irony.”

Socrates' method of pretending not to know to draw out truth

Related Words

Platonic ideal

a perfect abstract form of which reality is an imperfect copy

Cartesian doubt

systematic skepticism to find certain knowledge

Occam's razor

the simplest explanation is usually correct

categorical imperative

act only according to rules you could will as universal law

Nietzschean will to power

the drive to assert and enhance oneself

Kierkegaardian leap of faith

accepting something beyond rational proof