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didactic

adjective
 
 
/daɪˈdæk.tɪk/

Definition

mainly disapproving intended to teach, especially in a way that is too determined or eager, and often fixed and unwilling to change: a didactic approach to teachingTeaching in general intended to teach people a moral lesson: didactic literatureTeaching in general didactically
 
 
/-tɪ.kəl.i/ adverb
Teaching in general
(Definition of didactic adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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