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didactical

adjective

as in didactic

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  1. didactic
  2. academic
  3. professorial
Adjective
  • Still, an air of artificiality and sometimes theatricality does pervade his talky, often didactic scenes, which actually plays to the benefit of the performances — especially from Huston.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The work blends seamlessly with Chef Paz's interior design and bears no didactic information or price tag, so it's rarely sold.
    — Anya Sesay, jsonline.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of didactic
Adjective
  • Inside the closed cockpits of WEC’s two classes of sports car, the difference may be academic.
    — Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Two decades and many drafts later, the project pulled in her academic background in gender studies alongside something more personal.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of academic
Adjective
  • He was sometimes criticized by progressive Democrats as being too professorial and by conservatives as being too progressive.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Her account there is excessive and loose, a counterweight to her essays and memoirs, which can seem opaque and professorial.
    — Emma Alpern, Vulture, 17 June 2026
Definition of professorial
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“Didactical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/didactical. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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