didactic daɪˈdæktɪk adjective
: instructive, especially excessively
The word didactic has appeared in 58 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Dec. 24 in “‘Marty Supreme’ Review: Timothée Chalamet Sprints to the Top,” by Manohla Dargis:
The film touches on big, weighty subjects like Jewish identity, family, community, class, assimilation and success, but it isn’t didactic and doesn’t serve up any life lessons, in the pious finger-wagging manner of many American independent movies.
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