Definitions for didactic
daɪˈdæk tɪkdi·dac·tic

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.3 / 3 votes

1. didactic, didacticaladjective

   instructive (especially excessively)

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1. didacticnoun

   A treatise on teaching or education.

2. didacticadjective

   Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality. (I.e., didactic poetry)

3. didacticadjective

   Excessively moralizing.

4. didacticadjective

   Regarding medicine, teaching from textbooks rather than laboratory demonstration and clinical application.

5. Etymology: From διδακτικός, from διδακτός, from διδάσκω

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1. didactic

   Didacticism is a philosophy that emphasizes instructional and informative qualities in literature, art, and design. In art, design, architecture, and landscape, didacticism is an emerging conceptual approach that is driven by the urgent need to explain.When applied to ecological questions, didacticism in art, design, architecture and landscape attempts to persuade the viewer of environmental priorities; thus, constituting an entirely new form of explanatory discourse that presents, what can be called "eco-lessons". This concept can be defined as "ecological didacticism".

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1. didactic

   Didactic refers to a method that is intended to provide instruction or information, typically with a moral or educational lesson. It is often used to describe something intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction or a firm imparting of knowledge as an ulterior motive. This term can be applied to literature, arts, public speeches, and daily conversations.

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1. Didacticadjective

   alt. of Didactical

2. Didacticnoun

   a treatise on teaching or education

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Didactic

   -al, di-dak′tik, -al, adj. fitted or intended to teach: instructive: perceptive.—adv. Didac′tically.—n. Didac′ticism.—n.pl. Didactics, the art or science of teaching. [Gr. didaktikos—didaskein, to teach; akin to L. doc-ēre, disc-ĕre.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of didactic in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of didactic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of didactic in a Sentence

1. Kevin Nguyen:

   There are a lot of weird interruptions and fragments in places that are unclear whether they're meant to be interior monologue or not, also, the last act of the book is didactic and leans too heavily on dialogue.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=didactic
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Didactic
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didactic
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/didactic
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=didactic