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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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