didactic

== English == === Alternative forms === didactick (obsolete) === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === enPR: dī-dăkˈtĭk, IPA(key): /daɪˈdæk.tɪk/, /dɪˈdæk.tɪk/ Rhymes: -æktɪk Hyphenation: di‧dac‧tic === Adjective === didactic (comparative more didactic, superlative most didactic) Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality. Synonyms: educative, instructive Excessively moralizing. (medicine) Teaching from textbooks rather than laboratory demonstration and clinical application. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === didactic (plural didactics) (archaic) A treatise on teaching or education. ==== Translations ==== == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French didactique. === Adjective === didactic m or n (feminine singular didactică, masculine plural didactici, feminine/neuter plural didactice) didactic ==== Declension ====