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didascalico

didactic

adjective dee-dah-SKAH-lee-koh Rare
Arts & Culture Literature

Origin: Greek didaskalikos (of a teacher)

Also means

instructive

Usage Note

Didascalico can be neutral (relating to instruction) but in literary or artistic criticism it often implies a work is overly moralistic or heavy-handed in its teaching. The plural is didascalici (m) / didascaliche (f). The noun didascalia means a caption or stage direction.

Examples

"Il romanzo ha un tono troppo didascalico."

Natural Translation

The novel has an overly didactic tone.

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