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US /daɪˈdæk.tɪk/
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Synonyms
1 adj · instructive or intended to... educativeinstructive
Word family
Forms didactically
Derived forms autodidacticautodidacticismdidactdidacticaldidacticallydidacticismdidacticistdidacticitydidacticizationdidacticizedidacticnessdidaction

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.

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