didactic

adjective

dī-ˈdak-tik How to pronounce didactic (audio)
Definition of didacticnext
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 Among the few genres of art in which the didactic flourishes today is science fiction. — David S. Wallace, New Yorker, 16 May 2026 That’s also in part a function of Paglen’s practice itself, which has long been critiqued for its didactic bent. — Louis Bury, ARTnews.com, 1 May 2026 Determining how much didactic information is insightful and sufficient, and how much constitutes excessive artsplaining, is a delicate, ongoing challenge for museums. — Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026 Educational television, a popular form of mass media communication for didactic objectives, is the use of TV programs in order to teach the viewer. — Paulo Nuno Vicente, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for didactic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for didactic
  1. moralizing
  2. moralistic
  3. instructive
  4. preachy
  5. homiletic
Adjective
  • Trey Parker and Matt Stone created a show directly informed by millennials and Gen Xers growing up in a culture of gun violence, fear, moralizing, bigotry, war and division.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • Most of the roughly 200 episodes of Walker, Texas Ranger have the moralizing flavor of after-school specials, albeit weirdly violent ones.
    — Chris Klimek, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
Definition of moralizing
Adjective
  • Navy excels at untangling human emotions and picking through them without being didactic or moralistic.
    — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 10 June 2026
  • Last year, a YouTube channel called Akhbar Enfejari (Explosive News) began posting a variety of digital content with a political and moralistic bent.
    — Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026
Definition of moralistic
Adjective
  • There are instructive parallels with the arrival of SSRIs in the 1990s.
    — Max Moser, STAT, 9 July 2026
  • No deal is believed to be close, but the mere fact Blubaugh is being bandied about is instructive.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of instructive
Adjective
  • After a promising start as one of ESPN's true rising stars, Ogwumike has grown increasingly preachy and uninformed.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • Stay curious but don’t become too preachy.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026
Definition of preachy
Adjective
  • The preacher’s experience, insights and emotions all come into play when composing the homiletic text.
    — Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 6 July 2023
  • There’s a word for this style of narrative preaching—homiletic.
    — Jo Livingstone, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2021
Definition of homiletic

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