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didactic

/daɪˈdæk.tɪk/

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noun

A treatise on teaching or education.

Examples :

"After reading the professor's didactic, I understood the new teaching methods much better. "

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adjective

Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality.

Examples :

"didactic poetry"

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adjective

Excessively moralizing.

Examples :

"The children groaned; their father's stories, though well-intentioned, were often overly didactic, always ending with a heavy-handed moral lesson. "

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adjective

Teaching from textbooks rather than laboratory demonstration and clinical application.

Examples :

"The professor's approach was very didactic: he relied heavily on textbook definitions and lectures, with little hands-on experimentation in the lab. "