From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdidacticdi‧dac‧tic /daɪˈdæktɪk, də-/ adjective1TEACHspeech or writing that is didactic is intended to teach people a morallessonHis novel has a didactic tone.2TEACHsomeone who is didactic is too eager to teach people things or give instructions —didactically /-kli/ adverbExamples from the Corpusdidactic• Kubrick made the movie with both didactic and creativeintentions.• And you can't do that by beating them over the head with clichéd, didacticbehaviour.• However, the didacticgoal usually does irreparableharm to the characterization of the dramatis personae.• The play is didactic in tone and ethical in nature.• The intellect, by the definition of consciousness, separates itself from the emotions; and didacticliterature does the same.• This may be because of the built-indidactic nature of any story written specifically for the young.• a didacticpriest• These stories are more explicit and more didactic, probably because they are more self-consciously in-tended as correctives.• And he is too morally didactic to enjoy, as a biographer must, the complexities and ambiguities of his subject.Origindidactic(1600-1700)Greekdidaktikos, from didaskein"to teach"