Questioning may refer to: *

Questioning (utterance) A question is an utterance which serves as a request for information. Questions are sometimes distinguished from interrogatives, which are the grammatical forms, typically used to express them. Rhetorical questions, for instance, are interrogat ...

, a request for information *

Interrogation Interrogation (also called questioning) is interviewing as commonly employed by law enforcement officers, military personnel, intelligence agencies, organized crime syndicates, and terrorist organizations with the goal of eliciting useful informa ...

, interviewing as commonly employed by law enforcement officers, military personnel, and intelligence agencies with the goal of eliciting useful information *

Scepticism Skepticism ( US) or scepticism ( UK) is a questioning attitude or doubt toward knowledge claims that are seen as mere belief or dogma. For example, if a person is skeptical about claims made by their government about an ongoing war then the pe ...

, a state of uncertainty or doubt, or of challenging a previously held belief *

Questioning (sexuality and gender) The questioning of one's sexual orientation, sexual identity, gender, or all threeWebber, Carlisle K. (2010). ''Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Teen Literature: A Guide to Reading Interests.'' Libraries Unltd Inc., Bahrampour, ...

, a phase or period where an individual re-assesses their sexual orientation/identity and/or gender identity *

Socratic questioning Socratic questioning (or Socratic maieutics) is an educational method named after Socrates that focuses on discovering answers by asking questions of students. According to Plato, Socrates believed that "the disciplined practice of thoughtful q ...

(or Socratic maieutics), disciplined questioning that can be used to pursue thought in many directions and for many purposes

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