didactic
[ dahy-dak-tik ]
/ daɪˈdæk tɪk /
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adjective
intended for instruction; instructive: didactic poetry.
inclined to teach or lecture others too much: a boring, didactic speaker.
teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson.
didactics, (used with a singular verb) the art or science of teaching.
Nearby words
dicyclopentadienyliron, dicynodont, did, didache, didact, didactic, didactics, didactyl, didactylism, didanosine, didapper
Also di·dac·ti·cal.
Origin of didactic
1635–45; < Greek didaktikós apt at teaching, instructive, equivalent to didakt(ós) that may be taught + -ikos -ic
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British Dictionary definitions for didacticism
didactic
/ (dɪˈdæktɪk) /
adjective
intended to instruct, esp excessively
morally instructive; improving
(of works of art or literature) containing a political or moral message to which aesthetic considerations are subordinated
Derived Forms
didactically, adverbdidacticism, nounWord Origin for didactic
C17: from Greek didaktikos skilled in teaching, from didaskein to teach
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Medicine definitions for didacticism
didactic
[ dī-dăk′tĭk ]
adj.
Of or relating to medical teaching by lectures or textbooks as distinguished from clinical demonstration with patients.
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