didacticism


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
didactic /dɪˈdaktɪk, dʌɪ-/
adjective intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.

■ in the manner of a teacher, especially so as to be patronizing.

– derivatives
didactically adverb,
didacticism noun.
– origin C17: from Gk didaktikos, from didaskein ‘teach’.
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