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Definition of didactic adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

didactic

adjective

NAmE//daɪˈdæktɪk//

(formal)

1designed to teach people something, especially a moral lesson didactic art

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2(usually disapproving) telling people things rather than letting them find out for themselves

didactically

NAmE//daɪˈdæktɪkli//

adverbSee didactic in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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