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adjective

didactic

intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction

In a sentence

Six example sentences with didactic, each labelled with its topic.

  • Victorian children's novels are frankly didactic, since the disobedient child falls in the pond by chapter three and repents by four.

    Literature

  • Medieval window glass was didactic before it was decorative, walking an illiterate congregation through the whole story panel by panel.

    Art

  • Plato's dialogues are didactic in disguise, since the reader is meant to leave holding a conclusion the characters never quite state.

    Philosophy

  • Early safety films were plainly didactic, with a careless boy losing his bicycle in every single reel.

    Movies

  • Hymns of the period were didactic, each verse ending in a moral the singer was meant to carry home.

    Music

  • The educational game is didactic to a fault, pausing the action every minute to explain a lesson.

    Gaming

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