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Didactic

Pronunciation: Die-dack-tick

Meaning: Adjective. To teach a lesson with moral purpose.

Adverb. Didactically.

Example: “It was a didactic story exploring injustice.”

Etymology: From 17th-Century Greek Didaktikos, from Didaskein meaning ‘to teach’.

Similar words: Allegorical. Parable.


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