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 myth found its most enduring literary form in the Georgics (37–30 bce), a didactic poem on agriculture by the Roman poet Virgil.
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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
If these scenes feel a bit didactic, hammering home everything from the shortage of nurses with SANE training to the dozens of regulations SANEs must follow to protect evidence, their lessons serve as a corrective for many of us who’ve absorbed decades’ worth of rape-as-entertainment.
—Judy Berman, Time, 27 Feb. 2026
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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
If these scenes feel a bit didactic, hammering home everything from the shortage of nurses with SANE training to the dozens of regulations SANEs must follow to protect evidence, their lessons serve as a corrective for many of us who’ve absorbed decades’ worth of rape-as-entertainment.
—Judy Berman, Time, 27 Feb. 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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The Homestead Act is instructive here.—
Antony Davies,
Boston Herald,
19 Apr. 2026
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Of those, the late, legendary Kodak photographer Neil Montanus was responsible for more than 50, which frequently were instructive, his photographer son Jim Montanus said.—
Marcia Greenwood,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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In calmer times, a leader expounding from such heights risks sounding preachy and self-righteous.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2026
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And the story is sweet as well, with a pro-environment message that isn’t too preachy.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
16 Jan. 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 27 Apr. 2026.
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