didactical

Thân thiện

The teacher used a didactical chart to explain the process.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Instructive, intended to teach: Pertaining to instruction or teaching, often with a focus on conveying moral or educational lessons.
   • Excessively or overtly moralistic: Describes a manner, tone, or work that is overly concerned with teaching a lesson, often in a way that is perceived as heavy-handed, pedantic, or lacking subtlety.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The professor's didactical approach ensured every student understood the core principles.
  • The novel's didactical tone made it feel more like a lecture than an engaging story.
  • While informative, the documentary was criticized for being too didactical and lacking emotional depth.

Advanced Usage

• "Didactical intent": The underlying purpose or aim to instruct or teach a lesson.
  • The fable's didactical intent is clear: it warns against the dangers of greed.
• "Didactical literature": A category of writing whose primary purpose is to instruct or educate the reader, often on moral, ethical, or practical matters.
  • Many 18th-century novels were considered didactical literature, designed to improve the reader's character.

Variants and Related Words

• Didactic (adj): The more common and preferred form, identical in meaning to "didactical."
  • Her didactic style of parenting involved turning every moment into a learning opportunity.
• Didacticism (n): The practice or quality of being didactic; an artistic philosophy that emphasizes instructional and informative qualities.
  • The poet was known for his didacticism, often weaving moral lessons into his verses.

Synonyms

• Instructive: Serving to instruct or inform.
• Edifying: Providing moral or intellectual instruction.
• Pedagogical: Related to the art, science, or profession of teaching.
• Moralistic: Characterized by or expressive of a narrow moral attitude.

Antonyms

• Entertaining: Providing amusement or enjoyment.
• Uninstructive: Not providing useful information or education.
• Subtle: So delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyze or describe; not obvious.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. instructive (especially excessively)

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