didactic Meaning & Definition
What Does Didactic Mean?
As an adjective, didactic means Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality. It can also mean Excessively moralizing. As a noun, it means A treatise on teaching or education.
Word Facts for Didactic
| Part of speech | adjective, noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | //daɪˈdæk.tɪk// |
| Syllables | 1 |
| Synonyms | informative, instructive and didactical |
| Plural | didactics |
| Comparative / superlative | more didactic, most didactic |
Didactic Definition (Adjective)
- Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality.
didactic poetry
- Excessively moralizing.
- Teaching from textbooks rather than laboratory demonstration and clinical application.
Didactic as a Noun
- A treatise on teaching or education.
Synonyms of Didactic
Didactic synonyms and antonyms →Antonyms of Didactic
No antonyms or near antonyms are listed by the available sources for this entry.
Didactic in a Sentence
didactic poetry
Word Forms & Grammar
didactic (comparative more didactic, superlative most didactic)
didactic (plural didactics)
Words That Rhyme With Didactic
Origin of Didactic
From French didactique, from Ancient Greek διδακτικός (didaktikós, “skilled in teaching”), from διδακτός (didaktós, “taught, learnt”), from διδάσκω (didáskō, “to teach, educate”). By surface analysis, didact + -ic.
How Do You Say Didactic?
The standard pronunciation of didactic is //daɪˈdæk.tɪk//, spoken in 1 syllable.
Questions People Ask About Didactic
Is didactic an adjective or a noun?
Didactic is mainly used as an adjective, but it can also be used as a noun.
What is another word for didactic?
You can replace didactic with words such as informative, instructive and didactical. See the full list of didactic synonyms and antonyms.
What is the plural of didactic?
The plural of didactic is didactics.
What are the comparative and superlative forms of didactic?
The comparative form is more didactic and the superlative form is most didactic.