Meaning of DIDACTIC
| Pronunciation: | | dI'daktik
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| | Definition: | | [adj] instructive especially excessively |
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| | Synonyms: | | didactical, informative, instructive |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Di*dac"tic\, Didactical \Di*dac"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?,
fr. ? to teach; akin to L. docere to teach: cf. F.
didactique. See {Docile}.]
Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction;
preceptive; instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as,
didactic essays. ``Didactical writings.'' --Jer. Taylor.
The finest didactic poem in any language. --Macaulay.
\Di*dac"tic\, n.
A treatise on teaching or education. [Obs.] --Milton.
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