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di·dac·tic (dī daktik; also di-)

adjective

  1. used or intended for teaching or instruction
  2. morally instructive, or intended to be so
  3. too much inclined to teach others; boringly pedantic or moralistic

Etymology: Gr didaktikos, apt at teaching < didaskein, to teach, prob. redupl. < IE base *dens-, wisdom, to teach, learn > Avestan dīdainghē, I am taught

didactic Related Forms
di·dac·ti·cally adverb di·dac·ti·cism′ (-tə siz′əm) noun
didactic Synonyms

didactic

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didactic Usage Examples

Preposition: in

  • nature: Written by and for the educated classes these periodicals were predominantly eclectic in content but were typically didactic in nature.
  • style: Present diabetes education is often theory based, didactic in style and delivered in a clinical environment.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • make: As in the other opening passages, Wolfe makes this dialog didactic: the venerable Quetzal instructs and tests the much younger Remora.

Modifies a noun

  • poem: In addition to the didactic poem of Heraclius from the 10th century ( ?
  • teaching: The emphasis is on investigation rather than didactic teaching.
  • purpose: A didactic purpose of " War of the Worlds " is to demonstrate that mankind is a lesser breed.
  • approach: Could some content be taught via case studies rather than the conventional didactic approach?
  • presentation: Teaching Methods: Initially a didactic presentation; followed by group discussion.
  • lecture: The didactic lecture is dead but long live the small group equivalent.

Modifying Another Word

  • too: How were you able to create believable scenarios without becoming too didactic?
  • very: James was a very didactic person, he really loved teaching.
  • not: There can be other books with more number of idioms, but they are not didactic.
  • purely: By this means we hope to counteract the common criticism that museum curators interpret objects in a purely didactic way for a passive public.
  • heavily: From the 1760s or 1770s onwards, moral tales and heavily didactic texts had exerted an almost hegemonic domination of children's books.
  • certainly: Her ' novels for children ' are certainly didactic, and they are certainly moral.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: How were you able to create believable scenarios without becoming too didactic?

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