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
The six-part series, airing on PBS over a single week, is didactic and accessible, thrilling and tense.
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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
At the start of Byrne’s career, his approach was less didactic, and his stance was more confrontational.
—Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
But having the freedom to let the music breathe and develop allows the score to feel emotionally expressive, and never didactic.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2025
Much of Iran’s clandestine cinema, including some of Panahi’s earlier works, is didactic, focused on valorizing the victims of the regime’s injustices.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
At the start of Byrne’s career, his approach was less didactic, and his stance was more confrontational.
—Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
But having the freedom to let the music breathe and develop allows the score to feel emotionally expressive, and never didactic.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2025
Much of Iran’s clandestine cinema, including some of Panahi’s earlier works, is didactic, focused on valorizing the victims of the regime’s injustices.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for didactic
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The United States went to war in 2001 and 2003 with a very moralistic, very crusading view of war, a very black-and-white view that there were good guys and bad guys, and America would wield the swift sword of justice.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
10 Jan. 2026
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To rebuild a consensus, politicians must thus appeal to these swing voters by eschewing moralistic and globalist rhetoric.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
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History shows that muses are not anomalies, and their stories are instructive for us now.—
Valerie L. Myers,
The Conversation,
8 Jan. 2026
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The series finds an instructive case in one particular pastor, whose trajectory as a neo-Nazi skinhead turned vehement anti-racist makes for a compelling tale.—
Benjamin Cannon,
The Atlantic,
23 Dec. 2025
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This exchange exemplifies both the affect of Tommy and the spirit of the show, which is set in the Permian Basin around Midland and Odessa: confident, self-assured, and more than a bit preachy.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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Thompson mentions that cartoons from this era often leaned on straightforward ideas about decency, and Doug fit that mold without being preachy about it.—
Alex Shoemaker,
Parents,
4 Jan. 2026
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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 15 Jan. 2026.
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