as in moralizing
marked by or given to preaching moral values
the poet's works became increasingly didactic after his religious conversion
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Recent Examples of didactic
Roots of the New York School: The Foundations of American Modernism is a madly didactic abstraction that looks further back in time to artists and collectors like Duchamp, Rothko, Betty Parsons, Peggy Guggenheim, and Lee Krasner.
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Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
In Things to Come, shots of airplane squadrons over the white cliffs of Dover and superimpositions of soldiers marching through the English countryside were eccentric visions of pre-War British fears, perfecting what Wells had made overly didactic.
—Armond White, National Review, 9 Oct. 2024
Overly didactic films or TV shows—those that hammer home the ‘right’ way to think or behave - will alienate audiences.
—Solitaire Townsend, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
But a lot of those gaps were actually intentional elisions, the result of Leone's broader stylistic conviction against didactic storytelling.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2024
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Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
In Things to Come, shots of airplane squadrons over the white cliffs of Dover and superimpositions of soldiers marching through the English countryside were eccentric visions of pre-War British fears, perfecting what Wells had made overly didactic.
—Armond White, National Review, 9 Oct. 2024
Overly didactic films or TV shows—those that hammer home the ‘right’ way to think or behave - will alienate audiences.
—Solitaire Townsend, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
But a lot of those gaps were actually intentional elisions, the result of Leone's broader stylistic conviction against didactic storytelling.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for didactic
Adjective
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Cigarettes were first popularized in a more moralistic era.—
Cal Newport,
The New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2025
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How Polarizing Messaging Hurt DEI DEI often positioned itself as a solution to deep social problems, but its prescriptive and moralistic tone alienated some employees and customers.—
Gillian Oakenfull,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Trump and Musk’s public statements are instructive here.—
Jessica Winter,
The New Yorker,
13 Feb. 2025
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Reflecting on his enduring significance is important and instructive.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Sorkin expertly balanced his attitude toward the news, which in later seasons became preachy, with the interpersonal dynamics of the newsroom, including various romantic dramas and the battle for the soul of the network.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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But Lamar’s superpower has long been his unique ability to navigate this exact tension between message and reach: to tell stories of American pain and oppression without coming off as preachy; to challenge audiences lyrically and musically while widening his listenership.—
Andrew R. Chow,
TIME,
10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The preacher’s experience, insights and emotions all come into play when composing the homiletic text.—
Joanne M. Pierce,
The Conversation,
6 July 2023
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There’s a word for this style of narrative preaching—homiletic.—
Jo Livingstone,
The New Republic,
6 Apr. 2021
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“Didactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/didactic. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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