When people are didactic, they're teaching or instructing. This word is often used negatively for when someone is acting too much like a teacher.
A treatise on teaching or education.
Adjective S.
instructive (especially excessively)
a.
Alt. of Didactical
n.
A treatise on teaching or education.
Didactic
A treatise on teaching or education.
Usage Examples
I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to promote myself. These days there's far more pressure to make a mark, so the temptation is to make adventure television or personality shows. I hope the more didactic approach won't be lost.
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Other Usage ExamplesScience fiction has a way of letting you talk about where we are in the world and letting you be a bit of a pop philosopher without being didactic.
The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are in their place when there is nothing more solid to say but the flowery style ought to be banished from a pleading, a sermon, or a didactic work.