Definition of Didactic

1. Adjective. Instructive (especially excessively).

Exact synonyms: Didactical
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)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Didactic

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didactic (current term)
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