didactic

Meanings

• adjective

  Relating to the teaching or instruction of lessons, especially in a formal or systematic way.

• noun

  A didactic poem is a literary work designed to instruct or teach a moral lesson.

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Pronunciation

1. /daɪˈdæk.tɪk/
   
   
   
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Synonyms

educative , instructive

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with didactic
dactician , hysteratic

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Variants

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didactic , didactical , didactically , didacticism , didacticisms

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Forms

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Didactically, Didacticism

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Etymology

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From the Greek word didaskein meaning 'to teach'

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Trivia

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1. The term 'didactic' comes from the Greek word didaskein, which means 'to teach'.

2. Didactic literature was popular in ancient Greece and Rome and was used to teach moral and ethical lessons to the masses.

3. The term 'didactic' is also used in psychology to describe a therapeutic approach aimed at changing behavior through instruction and guidance.

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Related Concepts

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1. Didactic poetry: A literary genre that uses poetry to teach moral or didactic lessons.

2. Didactic art: Art that has a didactic or instructive purpose, often used to convey a message or moral lesson.

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Quotes

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1. For two decades, many Americans, including some early advocates of the Vietnam intervention, have been relentlessly "didactic", extracting cautionary lessons from Vietnam.

   - George F. Will,{it}Newsweek{/it},22 May 1989

2. —the trappings, one might say—of a "didactic" and resolutely pious Victorian sensibility in the service of an anarchic imagination.

   - Joyce Carol Oates,{it}The Profane Art{/it},1983

3. Slaves related human as well as animal trickster tales; they told Bible stories, explanatory tales, moralistic and "didactic" tales, supernatural tales and legends.

   - Lawrence W. Levine,{it}The Unpredictable Past{/it},1993

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Culture

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Didactic literature has been a significant part of various cultures and civilizations, including ancient Greece and Rome, where works such as Aesop's Fables and the Iliad were used to teach moral lessons.

How to Memorize "didactic"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a teacher instructing students in a classroom setting.
   - Imagine a book with lessons and moral stories.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'didactic' with the idea of teaching or instruction.
   - Connect it with the image of a teacher or a textbook.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym DID for 'Didactic Instruction Delivered' to remember the meaning.
   - Create a sentence using the word 'didactic' to help remember its definition.

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