didact
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of didact
First recorded in 1950–55; probably back formation from didactic; cf. autodidact
Example Sentences
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Yet Butler was neither a pessimist nor a didact.
From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2021
Jamie says that her father was an ardent family man, attentive, affectionate, an unending didact who crammed his kids with poetry, music, Hebrew lessons.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 18, 2018
Here, America's favorite didact is out to learn us a thing or two about quantum mechanics and taking history seriously.
From Time Magazine Archive
The didact Hu reminded Reagan that China opposes the presence of U.S. troops in South Korea.
From Time Magazine Archive
And this coolheaded didact of "epic"theater and "alienation" effects was a sentimental idolater of Charlie Chaplin movies.
From Time Magazine Archive
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