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A person who asks questions to what seeminglycan not be answered. Reasons for these can be:
A. They wish to incite questioning within their conversation partner.
B. They genuinely are curious, stupid and/or foolish.
The word is a reference to the greek philosopher Socrates, who was known to question every answer he got.
Nobody knows if he was secretly being next level or if he was just being a dumb shit.
Either way, everyone got tired of his bullcrap.
A. They wish to incite questioning within their conversation partner.
B. They genuinely are curious, stupid and/or foolish.
The word is a reference to the greek philosopher Socrates, who was known to question every answer he got.
Nobody knows if he was secretly being next level or if he was just being a dumb shit.
Either way, everyone got tired of his bullcrap.
A.
Adam: "Why are you a christian?"
Dave: "Because i believe in god."
Adam: "Why do you believe in god?"
Dave: "I see what you're doing here, Adam. Quit being such a Socrates and get back to work."
B.
Kjetil: "Who put my name on urban dictionairy
Steven: "Stop being a fucking socrates, dipshit."
Adam: "Why are you a christian?"
Dave: "Because i believe in god."
Adam: "Why do you believe in god?"
Dave: "I see what you're doing here, Adam. Quit being such a Socrates and get back to work."
B.
Kjetil: "Who put my name on urban dictionairy
Steven: "Stop being a fucking socrates, dipshit."
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NOUN
a person who responds to every question with another question, often to elude.
a person who frequently uses the Socratic method, often in a elusive or annoying or excessive manner.
NOUN
a person who responds to every question with another question, often to elude.
a person who frequently uses the Socratic method, often in a elusive or annoying or excessive manner.
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵—𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸.
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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵—𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸.
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by anonymous February 7, 2026
Get the socraticator mug.Using Socratic-style questioning in bad faith to force an opponent onto permanent defense. Involves nitpicking definitions, edge cases, and hypotheticals until hesitation or nuance is made to look like confusion, stupidity, or defeat. Commonly used in online debates.
He didn’t win; he used adversarial Socraticism to trap the other person in definition hell while ignoring the larger argument.
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