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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The state of West Virginia is a particularly instructive—and in some ways surprising—case.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
24 Sep. 2025
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Infrastructure overbuild Perhaps the most instructive parallel for today’s AI boom lies in the massive infrastructure overinvestment that preceded the dot-com crash.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This overtly political, preachy and unfunny?—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Lawrence isn't preachy in his attempt to make this film an emotional gut-punch.—
Meredith G. White,
AZCentral.com,
8 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 8 Oct. 2025.
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