Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality. (I.e., didactic poetry)
Someone who is didactic tells people things rather than letting them find things out or discussing things. He is more didactic in his approach to the learning process
Literature that has the primary purpose of teaching its readers, particularly moral lessons
Something that is didactic is intended to teach people something, especially a moral lesson. In totalitarian societies, art exists for didactic purposes
(from the Greek didaktikos, meaning 'apt at teaching') Something which is intended to instruct Didactic conveyed a neutral meaning when it was first borrowed in the 17th century, but now often has negative connotations, because something didactic can be overburdened with instruction to the point of being dull, or it might be pompously instructive or moralistic
A term used to describe fiction, nonfiction or poetry that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking