Socratic irony
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Or maybe it was a different problem: In classic Socratic irony, there has to be somebody who doesn’t get the joke, and I had a sneaking suspicion it might be me.
From Salon • Feb. 11, 2017
In this passage we can see, too, the supposed origin of another peculiar Socratic feature, the Socratic "irony."
From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)
The statements of the Memorabilia respecting the trial and death of Socrates agree generally with Plato; but they have lost the flavour of Socratic irony in the narrative of Xenophon.
From Apology by Jowett, Benjamin
Many of these, with a sort of Socratic irony, gave themselves ludicrous names, or names expressive of ignorance.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
Carlyle's grotesque is a mode of his golden silence, a sort of Socratic irony, in the indulgence of which he laughs at his readers and at himself.
From Thomas Carlyle by Nichol, John