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
Determining how much didactic information is insightful and sufficient, and how much constitutes excessive artsplaining, is a delicate, ongoing challenge for museums.
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Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
In a terrifically non-didactic way, Lincoln lets audiences in on the inner workings of governmental warfare.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Apr. 2026
Yet these elements seem less condescending in the context of YA storytelling, a genre that allows for some didactic flourishes.
—Judy Berman, Time, 8 Apr. 2026
This might threaten unrelieved angst weighing down a 90-minute drama, or, maybe worse, a didactic, finger-wagging life lesson lecture.
—Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
In a terrifically non-didactic way, Lincoln lets audiences in on the inner workings of governmental warfare.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Apr. 2026
Yet these elements seem less condescending in the context of YA storytelling, a genre that allows for some didactic flourishes.
—Judy Berman, Time, 8 Apr. 2026
This might threaten unrelieved angst weighing down a 90-minute drama, or, maybe worse, a didactic, finger-wagging life lesson lecture.
—Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for didactic
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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Navy excels at untangling human emotions and picking through them without being didactic or moralistic.—
Dash Lewis,
Pitchfork,
10 June 2026
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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
Adjective
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The last 10 quarterbacks elected to the Hall of Fame as modern-era candidates could be instructive for Wilson.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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India’s version of strategic autonomy is, perhaps, the most developed and instructive.—
Andrew Latham,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
Adjective
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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,
6 June 2026
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Dennis’s new poems are still conversational, philosophical, sometimes preachy, and cranky, and there is a fresh kind of transcendence here, one that has almost forgotten about disappointment.—
Craig Morgan Teicher,
Literary Hub,
1 June 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 Jun. 2026.
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