A pose of ignorance assumed in order to entice others into making statements that can then be challenged.
苏格拉底式的佯作无知（为诱使他人发表随即可以予以批驳的言论）
Example sentencesExamples
Menexenus appreciates Socratic irony and instantly recognizes this leitmotif of Plato's anti-rhetorical polemic: ‘You are always toying with the orators, Socrates ’.
It employs what I believe is known as Socratic irony, in which an illogical idea is taking to its logical conclusion and is a telling satire of the fears and neuroses of human beings.
Definition of Socratic irony in US English:
Socratic irony
noun
A pose of ignorance assumed in order to entice others into making statements that can then be challenged.
苏格拉底式的佯作无知（为诱使他人发表随即可以予以批驳的言论）
Example sentencesExamples
Menexenus appreciates Socratic irony and instantly recognizes this leitmotif of Plato's anti-rhetorical polemic: ‘You are always toying with the orators, Socrates ’.
It employs what I believe is known as Socratic irony, in which an illogical idea is taking to its logical conclusion and is a telling satire of the fears and neuroses of human beings.