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Definition of Didactic
1. Adjective. Instructive (especially excessively).
Similar to: Informative, Instructive
Derivative terms: Didacticism, Didactics
Definition of Didactic
1. a. Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction; preceptive; instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as, didactic essays.
2. n. A treatise on teaching or education.
Definition of Didactic
1. Adjective. Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality. (I.e., didactic poetry) ¹
2. Adjective. Excessively moralizing. ¹
3. Adjective. Regarding medicine, teaching from textbooks rather than laboratory demonstration and clinical application. ¹
4. Noun. (archaic) A treatise on teaching or education. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Didactic
1. instructive [adj] - See also: instructive
Medical Definition of Didactic
1. Instructive; denoting medical teaching by lectures or textbooks, as distinguished from clinical demonstrations with patients or laboratory exercises. Origin: G. Didaktikos, fr. Didasko, to teach (05 Mar 2000)