didacticism
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- noun
- /dɪˈdæktɪˌsɪzəm/
- Literature
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didactismo
- From the beginning, the Jangers wanted dialogue, not didacticism, in their program, which they initially called A Forum on the Involvement of Youth in the System.
- moral didacticism
- such didacticism
Examples
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Teachers can avoid such didacticism by following two simple guidelines.
Academic text (1991) -
For O'Brien, didacticism has no place in a war story.
Fiction book (1998) -
Besides, by the time she began writing, didacticism in the novel had pretty well been junked.
Academic text (2000) -
Forgoing didacticism for entertainment, such books managed to set a new fashion.
Academic text (2001) -
There has been art that has been full of fantasy, didacticism, and satire, for example.
Academic text (2000) -
In the 1990s, politically correct standards for evaluating books created a new didacticism.
Academic text (2013) -
Such moral didacticism can be harmful to children's developing love of books and developing sense of moral interdependence.
Academic text (1991) -
The sense of drama and excitement, paired with measured didacticism, once again perfectly captures the Festival's tone of gentle pedagogy.
Academic text (2000) -
However, good old-fashioned didacticism still exists, too—often in books written by celebrities whose star status allows them to get away with it.
Academic text (2013) -
The teacher's style emphasized didacticism, ensuring that students learned important moral lessons.
Synonyms
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7.5
Methods and study of how teachers help students learn in schools and colleges
The study of how to teach people and help them learn
Antonyms
How Didactic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word didacticism comes from the Greek root didact- meaning 'to teach', the same idea as the English word 'teach'. So, didacticism is the practice of being instructive and describes writing or art that tries to teach or give a moral lesson.