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didactic

Main Entry:: di·dac·tic
Pronunciation:: \dī-ˈdak-tik, də-\
Function:: adjective
Etymology:: Greek didaktikos, from didaskein to teach
Date:: 1658

1 a: designed or intended to teach b: intended to convey instruction and information as well as pleasure and entertainment <didactic poetry>2: making moral observations

— di·dac·ti·cal

Listen to the pronunciation of didactical

\-ti-kəl\ adjective

— di·dac·ti·cal·ly

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\-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

— di·dac·ti·cism

Listen to the pronunciation of didacticism

\-tə-ˌsi-zəm\ noun

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