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di⋅dac⋅tic

  [dahy-dak-tik]
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–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)   
adj.  

  1. Intended to instruct.

  2. Morally instructive.

  3. Inclined to teach or moralize excessively.


[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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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: di·dac·tic
Pronunciation: dI-'dak-tik, d&-
Function: adjective
: involving lecture and textbook instruction rather thandemonstration and laboratory study
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

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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