Didactic
adjective
Aimed at teaching or providing moral instruction.
His novel has a didactic tone.
Often appears as...
- didactic approach
- didactic method
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Formal
adjective
Inclined to teach or preach too much.
Some find her writing style too didactic.
Often appears as...
- didactic tone
- didactic manner
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
adjective
Aimed at teaching or providing moral instruction.
His novel has a didactic tone.
Often appears as...
- didactic approach
- didactic method
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Inclined to teach or preach too much.
Some find her writing style too didactic.
Often appears as...
- didactic tone
- didactic manner
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Teaching Focus
Use 'didactic' to emphasize a focus on teaching or instructional content in various mediums.
The didactic film simplifies complex subjects for students.
Pro Tip 2/3Moral Lessons
'Didactic' often implies that something contains a moral lesson or ethical teaching.
The didactic tone of the story made the moral lesson clear.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-Entertainment
Didactic works prioritize education over entertainment, sometimes at the expense of a story's enjoyment.
Although informative, some readers may find the didactic nature of the text dry.
Pro Tip 1/3Teaching Focus
Use 'didactic' to emphasize a focus on teaching or instructional content in various mediums.
The didactic film simplifies complex subjects for students.
Pro Tip 2/3Moral Lessons
'Didactic' often implies that something contains a moral lesson or ethical teaching.
The didactic tone of the story made the moral lesson clear.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-Entertainment
Didactic works prioritize education over entertainment, sometimes at the expense of a story's enjoyment.
Although informative, some readers may find the didactic nature of the text dry.
Pro Tip 1/3Teaching Focus
Use 'didactic' to emphasize a focus on teaching or instructional content in various mediums.
The didactic film simplifies complex subjects for students.
Pro Tip 2/3Moral Lessons
'Didactic' often implies that something contains a moral lesson or ethical teaching.
The didactic tone of the story made the moral lesson clear.
Pro Tip 3/3Non-Entertainment
Didactic works prioritize education over entertainment, sometimes at the expense of a story's enjoyment.
Although informative, some readers may find the didactic nature of the text dry.
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Atheism 2.0 - Alain de...
which we improve our society art should be didactic let's think of something else the people in the modern world in a secular world who are interested in matters of the Spirit in matters of the mind in higher soul like concerns tend to be isolated individuals their poets their philosophers their photographers
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Atheism 2.0 PIPE Alain de...
And like children, they believe that we are in severe need of assistance. We're only just holding it together. Perhaps this is just me, maybe you. But anyway, we're only just holding it together. And we need help. Of course, we need help. And so we need guidance and we need didactic learning.
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The World According to...
be I'm not here to be didactic or professorial in any way it's like a funhouse I know nothing that's the premise I'm a humble student
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Atheism 2.0 - Alain de...
which we improve our society art should be didactic let's think of something else the people in the modern world in a secular world who are interested in matters of the Spirit in matters of the mind in higher soul like concerns tend to be isolated individuals their poets their philosophers their photographers
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Atheism 2.0 PIPE Alain de...
And like children, they believe that we are in severe need of assistance. We're only just holding it together. Perhaps this is just me, maybe you. But anyway, we're only just holding it together. And we need help. Of course, we need help. And so we need guidance and we need didactic learning.
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The World According to...
be I'm not here to be didactic or professorial in any way it's like a funhouse I know nothing that's the premise I'm a humble student
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David Attenborough
British Journalist
I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to promote myself. These days there's far more pressure to make a mark, so the temptation is to make adventure television or personality shows. I hope the more didactic approach won't be lost.
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Voltaire
French Writer
The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are in their place when there is nothing more solid to say; but the flowery style ought to be banished from a pleading, a sermon, or a didactic work.
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Shirin Neshat
Iranian Artist
I'm really interested in social justice, and if an artist has a certain power of being heard and voicing something important, it's right to do it. It could still be done in such a way that it's not aggressive or overly didactic. I'm trying to find that form.
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Eugenio Montale
Italian Poet
There is poetry even in prose, in all the great prose which is not merely utilitarian or didactic: there exist poets who write in prose or at least in more or less apparent prose; millions of poets write verses which have no connection with poetry.
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Phil Klay
American Writer
I'm generally not a fan of didactic art because it papers over many of the hard experiences about war or anything else in life. I wanted to explore various aspects of the experience without an eye towards delivering any particular message.
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Lisa Joy
American Director
The great thing about fiction is you can talk about things without being didactic about them, but hopefully forge a connection with people and an understanding about a shared humanity that tells its own story.
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D. H. Lawrence
English Writer
The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind.
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Brit Marling
American Writer
Science fiction has a way of letting you talk about where we are in the world and letting you be a bit of a pop philosopher without being didactic.
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Daniel Hannan
British Politician
I think public life for me has a slightly didactic role, OK.
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Joan D. Vinge
American Author
What I do not want to write is didactic political tracts.
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David Attenborough
British Journalist
I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to promote myself. These days there's far more pressure to make a mark, so the temptation is to make adventure television or personality shows. I hope the more didactic approach won't be lost.
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Voltaire
French Writer
The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are in their place when there is nothing more solid to say; but the flowery style ought to be banished from a pleading, a sermon, or a didactic work.
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Shirin Neshat
Iranian Artist
I'm really interested in social justice, and if an artist has a certain power of being heard and voicing something important, it's right to do it. It could still be done in such a way that it's not aggressive or overly didactic. I'm trying to find that form.
Quote examples
Eugenio Montale
Italian Poet
There is poetry even in prose, in all the great prose which is not merely utilitarian or didactic: there exist poets who write in prose or at least in more or less apparent prose; millions of poets write verses which have no connection with poetry.
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Phil Klay
American Writer
I'm generally not a fan of didactic art because it papers over many of the hard experiences about war or anything else in life. I wanted to explore various aspects of the experience without an eye towards delivering any particular message.
Quote examples
Lisa Joy
American Director
The great thing about fiction is you can talk about things without being didactic about them, but hopefully forge a connection with people and an understanding about a shared humanity that tells its own story.
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D. H. Lawrence
English Writer
The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind.
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Brit Marling
American Writer
Science fiction has a way of letting you talk about where we are in the world and letting you be a bit of a pop philosopher without being didactic.
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Daniel Hannan
British Politician
I think public life for me has a slightly didactic role, OK.
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Joan D. Vinge
American Author
What I do not want to write is didactic political tracts.
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