didactic
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.
Origin of didactic
1- Also di·dac·ti·cal .
Other words for didactic
Other words from didactic
- di·dac·ti·cal·ly, adverb
- di·dac·ti·cism, noun
- non·di·dac·tic, adjective
- non·di·dac·ti·cal·ly, adverb
- un·di·dac·tic, adjective
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How to use didactic in a sentence
Now, with the Brazilian author’s brand more valuable than ever, this didactic little handbook is being released in an elegant gift edition for fans in the United States.
Paulo Coelho’s ‘The Archer’ aims for profundity but misses | Ron Charles | November 11, 2020 | Washington PostIt assumes that all adults are mature—and therefore it hates didacticism, it hates the idea of guidance and moral instruction.
Alain de Botton on the Benefits of Religion Without God | The Daily Beast | March 10, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut it should be remembered that literature never thus becomes a weapon for reform or a piece of didacticism or propaganda.
The Literature of Ecstasy | Albert MordellIt early lost favor because of its bald didacticism, and for the last century has been practiced only occasionally.
Short Story Writing | Charles Raymond BarrettThe only legitimate purpose of the short story is to amuse, and didacticism in literature is always inartistic.
Short Story Writing | Charles Raymond Barrett
One obvious characteristic of this generation is the didacticism which is apt to worry us.
English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century | Leslie StephenNo page is uninstructive, but it would be misleading to suppose the book even tinctured with didacticism.
The Children of the Poor | Jacob A. Riis
British Dictionary definitions for didactic
/ (dɪˈdæktɪk) /
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
Origin of didactic
1Derived forms of didactic
- didactically, adverb
- didacticism, noun
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