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didactic

[dahy-dak-tik] / daɪˈdæk tɪk /


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Determining how much didactic information is insightful and sufficient, and how much constitutes excessive artsplaining, is a delicate, ongoing challenge for museums.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2026

Other somewhat more didactic or exposition-heavy passages include a professor giving a brief lecture about the persistent and pernicious British class system.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 2, 2025

The star went on to admit that during that period of time she "might have got a little didactic about it."

From BBC Apr. 24, 2025

“Once you get didactic, that’s it. You’ve lost them.”

From Salon Oct. 6, 2024

On the way to the base Colonel Meecham announced to his sons in a calm, didactic voice that they were both in critical need of a haircut.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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