didactic
adjective/daɪˈdæktɪk/
/daɪˈdæktɪk/
(formal)- designed to teach people something, especially a moral lesson
- didactic art
Extra Examples- The story is not written in a didactic style.
- This form of didactic literature was popular in Victorian times.
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- (usually disapproving) telling people things rather than letting them find out for themselves
- The didactic teacher-led approach is no longer fashionable.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Greek didaktikos, from didaskein ‘teach’.
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