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di·dac·tic 
[dahy-dak-tik] Pronunciation Key
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[dahy-dak-tik] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| 1. | intended for instruction; instructive: didactic poetry. |
| 2. | inclined to teach or lecture others too much: a boring, didactic speaker. |
| 3. | teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson. |
| 4. | didactics, (used with a singular verb) the art or science of teaching. |
Also, di·dac·ti·cal.
[Origin: 1635–45; < Gk didaktikós apt at teaching, instructive, equiv. to didakt(ós) that may be taught + -ikos -ic]
] —Related forms
di·dac·ti·cal·ly, adverb
di·dac·ti·cism, noun
—Synonyms 2. pedantic, preachy, donnish, pedagogic.
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| di·dac·tic
(dī-dāk'tĭk) Pronunciation Key
adj.
[Greek didaktikos, skillful in teaching, from didaktos, taught, from didaskein, didak-, to teach, educate.] di·dac'ti·cal·ly adv., di·dac'ti·cism (-tĭ-sĭz'əm) n. |
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didactic
1658, from Fr. didactique, from Gk. didaktikos "apt at teaching," from didaktos "taught," from didaskein "teach," from PIE base *dens- "wisdom, to teach, learn."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
didactic di·dac·tic (dī-dāk'tĭk)
adj.
Of or relating to medical teaching by lectures or textbooks as distinguished from clinical demonstration with patients.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Didactic
Di*dac"tic\, Didactical \Di*dac"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to teach; akin to L. docere to teach: cf. F. didactique. See Docile.] Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction; preceptive; instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as, didactic essays. "Didactical writings." --Jer. Taylor. The finest didactic poem in any language. --Macaulay.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Didactic
Di*dac"tic\, n. A treatise on teaching or education. [Obs.] --Milton.
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