Associations to the word «Didactic»

Wiktionary

DIDACTIC, adjective. Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality. (I.e., didactic poetry)
DIDACTIC, adjective. Excessively moralizing.
DIDACTIC, adjective. (medicine) Teaching from textbooks rather than laboratory demonstration and clinical application.
DIDACTIC, noun. (archaic) A treatise on teaching or education.

Dictionary definition

DIDACTIC, adjective. Instructive (especially excessively).

Wise words

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