didactic
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From Ancient Greek διδακτικός (didaktikos), “‘skilled in teaching’”) from διδακτός (didaktos), “‘taught, learnt’”) from διδάσκω (didaskō), “‘I teach, educate’”)
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didactic (plural didactics)
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didactic (comparative more didactic, superlative most didactic)
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- Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality. (I.e., didactic poetry)
- Excessively moralizing.
- Regarding medicine, teaching from textbooks rather than laboratory demonstration and clinical application.
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instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
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