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- Dictionarydidactic/dʌɪˈdaktɪk/
adjective
- 1. intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive: "a didactic novel that set out to expose social injustice"
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intended to teach, especially in a way that is too determined or eager, and often fixed and unwilling to change: a didactic approach to teaching. intended to teach people a moral lesson: didactic literature. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of DIDACTIC is designed or intended to teach. How to use didactic in a sentence. We Will Teach You the Origin of Didactic
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. Collins English Dictionary.
Didactic definition: intended for instruction; instructive. See examples of DIDACTIC used in a sentence.
When you're didactic, you're trying to teach something. Just about everything teachers do is didactic: the same is true of coaches and mentors. Didactic is often used in a negative way. If you heard that a movie is overly didactic, that's probably not good.
Definition of didactic adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of 'didactic'. 1. Something that is didactic is intended to teach people something, especially a moral lesson. [formal] [...] 2. Someone who is didactic tells people things rather than letting them find things out or discussing things. [formal] [...]
didactic is of multiple origins. A borrowing from Latin. Perhaps also a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin didactica; Latin didacticus; Greek διδακτικός.
didactic. (dɪˈdæktɪk) or. didactical. adj. 1. (Education) intended to instruct, esp excessively. 2. (Education) morally instructive; improving. 3. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (of works of art or literature) containing a political or moral message to which aesthetic considerations are subordinated.
didactic. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English di‧dac‧tic /daɪˈdæktɪk, də-/ adjective 1 speech or writing that is didactic is intended to teach people a moral lesson His novel has a didactic tone. 2 someone who is didactic is too eager to teach people things or give instructions —didactically /-kli/ adverb Examples from ...
