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.

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

SYNONYMS FOR didactic

2 pedantic, preachy, donnish, pedagogical.

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OTHER WORDS FROM didactic

di·dac·ti·cal·ly, adverbdi·dac·ti·cism, nounnon·di·dac·tic, adjectivenon·di·dac·ti·cal·ly, adverb

un·di·dac·tic, adjective

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Example sentences from the Web for didactic

The latter, being partially free from didacticism, leads naturally up to the third period.
John Greenleaf Whittier|W. Sloane Kennedy
Its didacticism lies so heavily upon it that it has nearly crushed its poetry—like a stone on a flower.
The Last Harvest|John Burroughs
One obvious characteristic of this generation is the didacticism which is apt to worry us.
English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century|Leslie Stephen
Here he found domesticity and didacticism, and put them back.
The Son of a Servant|August Strindberg

No 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

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 of didactic

didactically, adverbdidacticism, noun

Word Origin for didactic

C17: from Greek didaktikos skilled in teaching, from didaskein to teach

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Medical definitions for didactic

didactic

[ dī-dăk′tĭk ]

adj.

Of or relating to medical teaching by lectures or textbooks as distinguished from clinical demonstration with patients.

单词	didactic
释义	didactic [ dahy-dak-tik ] / daɪˈdæk tɪk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR didactic ON THESAURUS.COM 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. 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 SYNONYMS FOR didactic 2 pedantic, preachy, donnish, pedagogical. SEE SYNONYMS FOR didactic ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM didactic di·dac·ti·cal·ly, adverbdi·dac·ti·cism, nounnon·di·dac·tic, adjectivenon·di·dac·ti·cal·ly, adverb un·di·dac·tic, adjective Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for didactic The latter, being partially free from didacticism, leads naturally up to the third period. John Greenleaf Whittier\|W. Sloane Kennedy Its didacticism lies so heavily upon it that it has nearly crushed its poetry—like a stone on a flower. The Last Harvest\|John Burroughs One obvious characteristic of this generation is the didacticism which is apt to worry us. English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century\|Leslie Stephen Here he found domesticity and didacticism, and put them back. The Son of a Servant\|August Strindberg No 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 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 of didactic didactically, adverbdidacticism, noun Word Origin for didactic C17: from Greek didaktikos skilled in teaching, from didaskein to teach Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to didactic academic, advisory, expository, homiletic, instructive, moral, moralizing, pedagogic, pedantic, preachy, edifying, enlightening, donnish, exhortative, hortative, preceptive, sermonic, sermonizing, teacherly Medical definitions for didactic didactic [ dī-dăk′tĭk ] adj. Of or relating to medical teaching by lectures or textbooks as distinguished from clinical demonstration with patients. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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didactic

adjective

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adjective

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adj.