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
This might threaten unrelieved angst weighing down a 90-minute drama, or, maybe worse, a didactic, finger-wagging life lesson lecture.
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Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
The myth found its most enduring literary form in the Georgics (37–30 bce), a didactic poem on agriculture by the Roman poet Virgil.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Apr. 2026
These themes are not presented in a literal or didactic way but are embedded within the material and spatial experience.
—Olga Garcia-Mayoral, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
Season 2 features a laughably didactic arc in which a family earns too much to qualify for Medicaid and too little to pay their bill.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
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Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
The myth found its most enduring literary form in the Georgics (37–30 bce), a didactic poem on agriculture by the Roman poet Virgil.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Apr. 2026
These themes are not presented in a literal or didactic way but are embedded within the material and spatial experience.
—Olga Garcia-Mayoral, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
Season 2 features a laughably didactic arc in which a family earns too much to qualify for Medicaid and too little to pay their bill.
—Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for didactic
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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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
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Good intentions — and handsome animation — aside, Forevergreen is ultimately too maudlin and moralistic to rank it much higher than this.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Global trends may be instructive in predicting the revenue the New York tax may end up generating.—
Trevor Laurence Jockims,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
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Here, the phenomenon of a mule was an instructive guide in predicting what would happen when a watermelon with tetraploid chromosomes was crossed with an ordinary diploid variety.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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An exhausting, preachy, frankly, boring and outdated version of his former self.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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Rather than being presented in a preachy way, Tourkomanis and Low hope that guests experiencing an inspiring, sustainable stay firsthand will invite natural curiosity and questions, and encourage engagement with the environment and how to protect it.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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 16 May. 2026.
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