SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
didactic
adjective
Intended to teach, sometimes in an overly instructive manner.
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Intended to teach
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Usage distinction
Return to topPreachy and moralistic are critical; didactic can neutrally identify a teaching purpose.
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See didactic in use
The didactic story ended with an explicit lesson about honesty.
The next seminar included a deliberately didactic exercise designed to teach the difference between a claim and its supporting evidence.
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