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didactic

[dahy-dak-tik] / daɪˈdæk tɪk /


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Readers may at times feel overwhelmed by Mr. Hoffman’s research, including pages of statistics and a tone that can at times be didactic or hectoring due to the urgency of his environmental case.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

“The Drama” has proven controversial and has been criticized as too thinly written by some viewers and critics who want answers and meaning laid out in legible, didactic lessons built into the script.

From Salon Apr. 9, 2026

We didn’t want to write a didactic book.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 11, 2025

Other somewhat more didactic or exposition-heavy passages include a professor giving a brief lecture about the persistent and pernicious British class system.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 2, 2025

Then he continued with his discussion in the same didactic tone as before.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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