Didactic
daɪˈdæktɪk
adjective
intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive
The word 'didactic' comes from the Greek word 'didaktikos', meaning 'apt at teaching'. It is often used to describe something that is educational or morally instructive in nature.
See how James Joyce, Alexandre Dumas and 3 other authors use "didactic", with its meaning, pronunciation and real book examples.
Examples from books
She sent this didactic gem to several markets, but it found no purchaser; and she was inclined to agree with Mr. Dashwood, that morals didn’t sell.
Louisa May Alcott
Little Women
The question is this: Monsieur the Principal thinks that my thesis ought to be dogmatic and didactic.” “Your thesis!
Alexandre Dumas
The Three Musketeers
What additional didactic counsels did he similarly repress?
James Joyce
Ulysses
He lost his way in long passages for some six or eight minutes: till he heard the high-pitched, didactic voice of the doctor, and then the dull voice of the priest, followed by general laughter.
G. K. Chesterton
The Innocence of Father Brown
He sat gazing in clammy want at her full red lips and dimpled cheeks as he listened to Major Danby describe in a monotonous, didactic male drone the heavy concentrations of flak awaiting them at Avignon, and he moaned in deep despair suddenly at the thought that he might never see again this lovely woman to whom he had never spoken a word and whom he now loved so pathetically.
Joseph Heller
Catch-22
