adj · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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dī-dăkˈtĭk
/daɪˈdæk.tɪk/
/dɪˈdæk.tɪk/
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rhymes with -æktɪk
CMU ARPABET:D AY0 D AE1 K T IH0 K
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
didactic poetry
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: educative, instructive
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Excessively moralizing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Teaching from textbooks rather than laboratory demonstration and clinical application.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A treatise on teaching or education.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
instructive (especially excessively)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: didactical
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
didakties
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Armenian:
խրատական
(xratakan)
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Azerbaijani:
ibrətli
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Belarusian:
дыдактычны
(dydaktyčny)
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Bulgarian:
дидактичен
(didaktičen)
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Catalan:
didàctic
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Chinese Mandarin:
教学
(jiàoxué)
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Czech:
didaktický
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Danish:
didaktisk
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Danish:
belærende
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Dutch:
didactisch
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Esperanto:
didaktika
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Finnish:
didaktinen
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Finnish:
opettavainen
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Finnish:
kasvattava
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
French:
didactique
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Galician:
didáctico
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
German:
didaktisch
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Italian:
didattico
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Italian:
didascalico
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Latin:
didascalicum
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Macedonian:
дидактичен
(didaktičen)
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Norwegian:
didaktisk
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Persian:
تعلیمی
(ta'limi)
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Persian:
آموزشی
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Polish:
dydaktyczny
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Portuguese:
didático
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Russian:
наста́внический
(nastávničeskij)
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Russian:
нравоучи́тельный
(nravoučítelʹnyj)
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Russian:
дидакти́ческий
(didaktíčeskij)
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Russian:
назида́тельный
(nazidátelʹnyj)
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Serbo-Croatian:
didàktičkī
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Serbo-Croatian:
didaktičan
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Slovak:
didaktický
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Spanish:
didáctico
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Swedish:
didaktisk
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Turkish:
eğitici
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Turkish:
eğitsel
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Turkish:
didaktik
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Turkish:
öğretici
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Turkish:
öğretsel
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate
Ukrainian:
дидактичний
(dydaktyčnyj)
— instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate