Socratic Irony Definition
noun
Profession of ignorance and of willingness to learn, used as a ploy to spur others to discover their own ignorance through their attempts to explain a word or concept.
American Heritage
Pretense of ignorance in a discussion to expose the fallacies in the opponent's logic.
Webster's New World
The practice or act of asking someone a question in order to demonstrate his or her ignorance.
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