didactic

di·dac·tic  (d-dktk) also di·dac·ti·cal (-t-kl)

adj.

1. Intended to instruct.

2. Morally instructive.

3. Inclined to teach or moralize excessively.

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[Greek didaktikos, skillful in teaching, from didaktos, taught, from didaskein, didak-, to teach, educate.]

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di·dacti·cal·ly adv.

di·dacti·cism (-t-szm) n.

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didactic [dɪˈdæktɪk]

adj

1. (Social Science / Education) intended to instruct, esp excessively

2. (Social Science / 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

[from Greek didaktikos skilled in teaching, from didaskein to teach]

didactically  adv

didacticism  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

didactic - instructive (especially excessively) didactical instructive, informative - serving to instruct or enlighten or inform

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didactic

adjective

1. instructive, educational, enlightening, moral, edifying, homiletic, preceptive In totalitarian societies, art exists solely for didactic purposes.

2. pedantic, academic, formal, pompous, schoolmasterly, erudite, bookish, abstruse, moralizing, priggish, pedagogic He adopts a lofty, didactic tone when addressing women.

Translations

didactic [daɪˈdæktɪk] ADJ (= educational) → didáctico; (= moralistic) [tone] → moralizador

didactic [daɪˈdæktɪk] adj → didactique

didactic

adj → didaktisch

didactic [dɪˈdæktɪk] adj (frm) (educational) → didattico/a (pej) (person) → pedante