01 a. Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction; preceptive; instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as, didactic essays.
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Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction; preceptive; instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as, didactic essays.“The finest didactic poem in any language.” — Macaulay.
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excessively prone to instruct, even those who do not wish to be instructed; -- of people.[Pejorative]
Syn.
didactic.