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
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.
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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
In fact, an attempt to do that would just be didactic.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 1 July 2024
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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
In fact, an attempt to do that would just be didactic.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 1 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for didactic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for didactic
Adjective
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As plans for January premières, luncheons, and awards shows were upended, we were treated to an almost moralistic spectacle of Tinseltown frivolities colliding with the elemental dictates of Mother Nature.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
9 Jan. 2025
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And understanding that pleasure and pain relief are not necessarily joined at the hip might help the rest of us be less moralistic about adversity in everyday life.—
Richard A. Friedman,
The Atlantic,
29 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Truly, the life and career of Bouterse are instructive.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
8 Jan. 2025
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Wasn’t the Scarborough disaster (60% of the demo audience gone in three days) instructive enough?—
Keith Olbermann,
Variety,
17 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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That said, the all-caps and preachy tone are incredibly off-putting.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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My goal is always to do it not in a preachy, pedantic way [but] just to explore these topics through personal stories and journeys by the people who are the most deeply impacted by them.—
Sunil Sadarangani,
Deadline,
6 Jan. 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 28 Jan. 2025.
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