"didacticism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: didacticisms [plural]
Etymology: didactic + -ism Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|didactic|ism}} didactic + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} didacticism (countable and uncountable, plural didacticisms)
  1. (uncountable) An artistic philosophy that emphasises instructional and informative qualities over mere entertainment. Tags: uncountable Translations (philosophy): didaktismi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-didacticism-en-noun-WIgalucx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of 'philosophy': 100 0
  2. (countable) A work, statement, etc. of this kind. Tags: countable Translations (work): didaktistinen teos (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-didacticism-en-noun-AYwjdUxc Disambiguation of 'work': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: didact, didactic, didactical, didactically, didacticist, didacticistic

Inflected forms

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