didactic

[dahy-dak-tik] / daɪˈdæk tɪk /

ADJECTIVE

educational

Synonyms

WEAK

academic advisory donnish edifying enlightening exhortative expository homiletic hortative instructive moral moralizing pedagogic pedantic preachy preceptive schoolmasterist sermonic sermonizing teacherish teacherly teachy

Example Sentences

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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

And I think he did it in a way that was not didactic.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025

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

From Salon • Oct. 6, 2024

"I guess what the show is saying, and we're never didactic about this stuff, is that Pierpoint and the wider capitalist enterprise turbocharge some of their worst instincts," says Kay.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2024

Then he continued with his discussion in the same didactic tone as before.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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