Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

didacticism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables
di-dac-ti-cism
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A work, statement, etc. of this kind.

Countable

Etymology

Etymology tree English didactic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English didacticism From didactic + -ism.

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Questions

What does didacticism mean?
An artistic philosophy that emphasises instructional and informative qualities over mere entertainment.
Where does didacticism come from?
Etymology tree English didactic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English didacticism From didactic + -ism.

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