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di·dac·tic  audio  (d-dktk) KEY   also di·dac·ti·cal   (-t-kl) KEY  

ADJECTIVE:
  1. Intended to instruct.
  2. Morally instructive.
  3. Inclined to teach or moralize excessively.

ETYMOLOGY:
Greek didaktikos, skillful in teaching, from didaktos, taught, from didaskein , didak-, to teach, educate

OTHER FORMS:
di·dacti·cal·ly (Adverb), di·dacti·cism   (-t-szm) KEY  (Noun)


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