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didactic
[dahy-dak-tik]
adjective
intended for instruction; instructive.
didactic poetry.
inclined to teach or lecture others too much.
a boring, didactic speaker.
Synonyms: , , ,teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson.
(used with a singular verb)didactics, the art or science of teaching.
didactic
/ ɪˈæɪ /
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
Other Word Forms
- didactically adverb
- didacticism noun
- nondidactic adjective
- nondidactically adverb
- undidactic adjective
- 徱ˈ岹پ noun
- 徱ˈ岹پ adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of didactic1
Example Sentences
This is what art gives us that didactic political proclamations on Bluesky cannot: freedom to play, experiment and marinate in the gray spaces where most of life happens.
The star went on to admit that during that period of time she "might have got a little didactic about it."
It’s a shrewd aside from the larger story, but one that succinctly highlights how women must constantly be aware of their surroundings without being didactic and obvious.
It is as didactic as it is aspirational — especially at a time when executive orders from President Trump continue to target and erase trans lives.
Kapadia sees “All We Imagine as Light” as a political statement, too, though it avoids being didactic.
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