"didactic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /daɪˈdæk.tɪk/, /dɪˈdæk.tɪk/ Audio: en-au-didactic.ogg , En-us-didactic.oga Forms: more didactic [comparative], most didactic [superlative]
enPR: dī-dăkˈtĭk Rhymes: -æktɪk Etymology: From French didactique, from Ancient Greek διδακτικός (didaktikós, “skilled in teaching”), from διδακτός (didaktós, “taught, learnt”), from διδάσκω (didáskō, “I teach, educate”). Etymology templates: {{derived|en|fr|didactique}} French didactique, {{derived|en|grc|διδακτικός||skilled in teaching}} Ancient Greek διδακτικός (didaktikós, “skilled in teaching”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} didactic (comparative more didactic, superlative most didactic)
  1. Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality. Synonyms: educative, instructive Translations (instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate): didakties (Afrikaans), խրատական (xratakan) (Armenian), ibrətli (Azerbaijani), дыдактычны (dydaktyčny) (Belarusian), дидактичен (didaktičen) (Bulgarian), didàctic (Catalan), 教学 (jiàoxué) (Chinese Mandarin), didaktický (Czech), didaktisk (Danish), belærende (Danish), didaktinen (Finnish), opettavainen (Finnish), kasvattava (Finnish), didactique (French), didáctico (Galician), didaktisch (German), didattico (Italian), didascalico [masculine] (Italian), didascalicum (Latin), дидактичен (didaktičen) (Macedonian), didaktisk (Norwegian), تعلیمی (ta'limi) (Persian), آموزشی (Persian), dydaktyczny (Polish), didático (Portuguese), наста́внический (nastávničeskij) (Russian), нравоучи́тельный (nravoučítelʹnyj) (Russian), дидакти́ческий (didaktíčeskij) (Russian), назида́тельный (nazidátelʹnyj) (Russian), didàktičkī (Serbo-Croatian), didaktičan (Serbo-Croatian), didaktický (Slovak), didáctico (Spanish), didaktisk (Swedish), eğitici (Turkish), eğitsel (Turkish), didaktik (Turkish), öğretici (Turkish), öğretsel (Turkish), дидактичний (dydaktyčnyj) (Ukrainian)
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  2. Excessively moralizing. Translations (excessively moralizing): didaktisk (Danish), docerende (Danish), opettavainen (Finnish), нравоучи́тельный (nravoučítelʹnyj) (Russian), настави́тельный (nastavítelʹnyj) (Russian), ме́нторский (méntorskij) (Russian)
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  3. (medicine) Teaching from textbooks rather than laboratory demonstration and clinical application. Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (teaching from textbooks rather than laboratory demonstration and application): didàctic (Catalan), teoreettinen (Finnish), livresque (French), öğretici (Turkish)
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Synonyms: didactick [obsolete]

Noun

IPA: /daɪˈdæk.tɪk/, /dɪˈdæk.tɪk/ Audio: en-au-didactic.ogg , En-us-didactic.oga Forms: didactics [plural]
enPR: dī-dăkˈtĭk Rhymes: -æktɪk Etymology: From French didactique, from Ancient Greek διδακτικός (didaktikós, “skilled in teaching”), from διδακτός (didaktós, “taught, learnt”), from διδάσκω (didáskō, “I teach, educate”). Etymology templates: {{derived|en|fr|didactique}} French didactique, {{derived|en|grc|διδακτικός||skilled in teaching}} Ancient Greek διδακτικός (didaktikós, “skilled in teaching”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} didactic (plural didactics)
  1. (archaic) A treatise on teaching or education. Tags: archaic
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Synonyms: didactick [obsolete]

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      "tags": [
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "A treatise on teaching or education."
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}

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