un-didactic
tɪk 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.
Also, di·dac·ti·cal.
Origin:
1635–45; < Greek didaktikós apt at teaching, instructive, equivalent to didakt(ós) that may be taught + -ikos -ic
1635–45; < Greek didaktikós apt at teaching, instructive, equivalent to didakt(ós) that may be taught + -ikos -ic
Related forms
di·dac·ti·cal·ly, adverb
di·dac·ti·cism, noun
non·di·dac·tic, adjective
non·di·dac·ti·cal·ly, adverb
un·di·dac·tic, adjective
Synonyms
2. pedantic, preachy, donnish, pedagogic.
2. pedantic, preachy, donnish, pedagogic.
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didactic (dɪˈdæktɪk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | intended to instruct, esp excessively |
| 2. | morally instructive; improving |
| 3. | (of works of art or literature) containing a political or moral message to which aesthetic considerations are subordinated |
| [C17: from Greek didaktikos skilled in teaching, from didaskein to teach] | |
| di'dactically | |
| —adv | |
| di'dacticism | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
didactic
1650s, from Fr. didactique, from Gk. didaktikos "apt at teaching," from didaktos "taught," from didaskein "teach," from PIE base *dens- "wisdom, to teach, learn." Related: Didactically; didacticism.
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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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