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didacticism

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[dahy-dakt-i-siz-uhm] / daɪˈdækt ɪˌsɪz əm /

noun

  1. a tendency to be didactic; didactic character, tone, or style.


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Didacticism often subsumes narrative, with popular titles including Hands Are Not for Hitting and Everyone Poops.

From Slate • Jul. 9, 2025

Didacticism has always been looked upon as the Poetic of the Renaissance, although the didactic is not mentioned among the kinds of poetry of that period.

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto

Mrs. Blashfield, who died too soon, has given us, in her first volume—unfortunately the only one—a new view of this Empress of Didacticism.

From Confessions of a Book-Lover by Egan, Maurice Francis

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