Usually means: Feigning ignorance to expose truth.
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  1. Socratic irony, Socratic irony: Merriam-Webster
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  3. Socratic irony: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  11. socratic irony: FreeDictionary.org
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▸ noun:  The practice or act of asking someone a question, as though ignorant of the answer, in order to show a flaw in their argument.

Similar:
irony, sophism, gotcha, ignorantism, trick question, postirony, soraismus, backhandedness, sophistry, sophistication, more...

Opposite:
sincerity, earnestness, straightforwardness

Types:
verbal irony, sarcasm, cynicism, dry humor, black humor, gallows humor, more...

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Similar:
irony, sophism, gotcha, ignorantism, trick question, postirony, soraismus, backhandedness, sophistry, sophistication, more...

Opposite:
sincerity, earnestness, straightforwardness

Types:
verbal irony, sarcasm, cynicism, dry humor, black humor, gallows humor, more...



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