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
At the level of craft, writers and executive producers Fellowes and Sonja Warfield didn’t feel the need to get didactic in the script.
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Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 14 July 2025
Because the movie doesn’t convincingly disavow materialism (at least as embodied by Pascal), the main character’s choice to do so feels didactic and contrived.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
Thankfully, Keller’s scripts aren’t as twee or didactic about this stuff as Lasso and Shrinking creator Bill Lawrence’s tend to be.
—Judy Berman, Time, 4 June 2025
His stories — consider his short films Juice (2017) and Geeli Pucchi (2021) — aren’t didactic or shrill.
—Anupama Chopra, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 14 July 2025
Because the movie doesn’t convincingly disavow materialism (at least as embodied by Pascal), the main character’s choice to do so feels didactic and contrived.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
Thankfully, Keller’s scripts aren’t as twee or didactic about this stuff as Lasso and Shrinking creator Bill Lawrence’s tend to be.
—Judy Berman, Time, 4 June 2025
His stories — consider his short films Juice (2017) and Geeli Pucchi (2021) — aren’t didactic or shrill.
—Anupama Chopra, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for didactic
Adjective
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The heroine of Mansfield Park, Fanny Price, is the most moralistic young person in her household (and the most ignored).—
Emily Zarevich,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Sep. 2025
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What matters is a heavy focus on aesthetic and moralistic perfection.—
Olivia Crandall,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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While the experience of others is instructive, knowing when to step down is a very personal, and difficult, decision.—
Kurt Strovink,
Fortune,
7 Oct. 2025
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And to me that was really, instructive because.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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My goal is to bring positive vibes to hip-hop without being preachy or judgmental, and the music being fire.—
Gary Graff,
Billboard,
8 Oct. 2025
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This overtly political, preachy and unfunny?—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 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 17 Oct. 2025.
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