Word of the Day for Tuesday October 5, 2004
didactic \dy-DAK-tik; duh-\, adjective:
1. Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction;
instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as, "didactic
essays."
2. Inclined to teach or moralize excessively; moralistic.
The show trial may be defined as a public theatrical
performance in the form of a trial, didactic in purpose,
intended not to establish the guilt of the accused but
rather to demonstrate the heinousness of the person's
crimes.
--Sheila Fitzpatrick, [1]Everyday Stalinism
In class, embarrassed girlish laughter joined the
"hee-haws" of our male classmates when centerfolds appeared
in the middle of medical lectures, ostensibly to add a
wake-up jolt to otherwise uninspired didactic
presentations.
--Frances K. Conley, M.D., [2]Walking Out on the Boys
While Cooper offers a nice message about the demands of
friendship and the need to share and be flexible, her
writing is not the least bit didactic or dogmatic.
--Stephen Del Vecchio, review of Pumpkin Soup, by Helen
Cooper, [3]Teacher Magazine, May 2000
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Didactic comes from Greek didaktikos, "skillful in teaching,"
from didaktos, "taught," from didaskein, "to teach, to
educate."
www.dictionary.com
didactic \dy-DAK-tik; duh-\, adjective:
1. Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction;
instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as, "didactic
essays."
2. Inclined to teach or moralize excessively; moralistic.
The show trial may be defined as a public theatrical
performance in the form of a trial, didactic in purpose,
intended not to establish the guilt of the accused but
rather to demonstrate the heinousness of the person's
crimes.
--Sheila Fitzpatrick, [1]Everyday Stalinism
In class, embarrassed girlish laughter joined the
"hee-haws" of our male classmates when centerfolds appeared
in the middle of medical lectures, ostensibly to add a
wake-up jolt to otherwise uninspired didactic
presentations.
--Frances K. Conley, M.D., [2]Walking Out on the Boys
While Cooper offers a nice message about the demands of
friendship and the need to share and be flexible, her
writing is not the least bit didactic or dogmatic.
--Stephen Del Vecchio, review of Pumpkin Soup, by Helen
Cooper, [3]Teacher Magazine, May 2000
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Didactic comes from Greek didaktikos, "skillful in teaching,"
from didaktos, "taught," from didaskein, "to teach, to
educate."
www.dictionary.com
