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didactic

adjective

dī-ˈdak-tik

Definition of didactic

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 Still, an air of artificiality and sometimes theatricality does pervade his talky, often didactic scenes, which actually plays to the benefit of the performances — especially from Huston. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 4 Sep. 2026 The work blends seamlessly with Chef Paz's interior design and bears no didactic information or price tag, so it's rarely sold. — Anya Sesay, jsonline.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Yet Manzoor is never didactic about expanding viewers’ perceptions of Muslim women. — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026 The landscape is didactic, insistent. — Christopher Hooks, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for didactic

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But the show also develops a moralizing streak in its back half.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
Eliot departs here from the moralizing messages of Memling and La Tour.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of moralizing

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Thou Shalt Not Steal, which launches on October 6, is a coming-of-age, roadtrip, moralistic odyssey about the lies people tell themselves and each other.

— Peter White, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026
If the senator’s moralism has been unfettered by his stroke, with a shift toward right-brain moralistic processing, that does not diminish his sincere intent or its effect.

— Michael P.H. Stanley, STAT, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of moralistic

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The enduring travails of the Shinnecock Indian Nation, landed cousins of the Montauketts in eastern Long Island, are instructive.

— Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026
How Davis, Lee, and others convinced themselves of their cause, although instructive to the working of the human mind, is immaterial to the facts of American history.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of instructive

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Despite the rhetoric and anger, Satanic Planet don’t come off as preachy or pedantic.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2026
Speaking a few weeks after the launch of Tom Cruise-starring satirical polemic Digger, Wishart feels docs and features about this subject matter have become overly preachy.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026

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