didactic
didactic
Definition
di·dac·tic (dī dak′tik; also di-)
adjective
- used or intended for teaching or instruction
- morally instructive, or intended to be so
- 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
di·dac′·ti·cally adverb
di·dac′·ti·cism′ (-tə siz′əm) noun
didactic
Synonyms
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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