expositive
Serving to explain
Expositive means serving to explain or set forth ideas.
The term describes writing, speech, or other communication that aims to inform or clarify rather than persuade or entertain: an expositive essay, expositive prose.
It shares territory with expository, which is far more common.
Tending to clarify
- explicativeServing to clarify meaning
- interpretativeExplaining meaning or significance
- exegeticalRelating to critical interpretation
- hermeneuticRelating to interpretation
analytical · annotative · glossing · definitional · contextual · thematic · commentary · discursive
Intended to instruct
- pedagogicalRelating to teaching methods
- educationalPromoting knowledge or skill
- tutorialInstructional step-by-step guide
- instructiveServing to teach
educative · informative · enlightening · teaching · lecturing · demonstrating · guiding · coaching
Making something easier understood
- explicatingAnalyzing to clarify meaning
- demystifyingExplaining something seemingly complex
- disambiguatingResolving multiple possible meanings
- unravelingProcess of coming undone
decoding · disentangling · untangling · clearing · resolving · simplifying · defogging · perspicuous
Shown through visual layout
- graphicVividly detailed or visual
- pictorialRelating to pictures
- visualOf or concerning sight
- schematicSimplified technical diagram
infographic · charting · mapping · depicting · rendering · demonstrative · exemplifying · sample
elucidative
Tending to clarify
- explicativeServing to clarify meaning
- interpretativeExplaining meaning or significance
- exegeticalRelating to critical interpretation
hermeneutic · analytical · annotative · glossing · definitional · contextual · thematic · commentary · discursive · scholarly
didactic
Intended to instruct
- pedagogicalRelating to teaching methods
- educationalPromoting knowledge or skill
- tutorialInstructional step-by-step guide
instructive · educative · informative · enlightening · teaching · lecturing · demonstrating · guiding · coaching · showing
elucidating
Making something easier understood
- explicatingAnalyzing to clarify meaning
- demystifyingExplaining something seemingly complex
- disambiguatingResolving multiple possible meanings
unraveling · decoding · disentangling · untangling · clearing · resolving · simplifying · defogging · perspicuous · pellucid
diagrammatic
Shown through visual layout
schematic · infographic · charting · mapping · depicting · rendering · demonstrative · exemplifying · sample · model
- speech actsspeaking, talking, uttering, pronouncement, locution
expositiveobscuring
Making less visible
obfuscating · confusing · unclear · uninstructive · mystifying
expositiveconcealing
Keeping something secret
hiding · suppressive · secretive · withholding · evasive
- exposition dumpGraceless narrative explanation
- exposition hallVenue for public displays
- World ExpositionInternational exhibition of nations