didactical
Definition
- 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.
Adjective
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instructive (especially excessively)
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