as in moralizing
marked by or given to preaching moral values the students rolled their eyes as their principal launched into another preachy lecture about behavior at the prom

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Recent Examples of preachy The American failure to neutralize this preachy butterball suggested serious limits to the occupying force’s control of the situation. Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025 In addition, the portrayal of the cultural setup between the dominant Alba and subservient Colorata is handled in a refreshingly non-preachy manner. Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025 This film is a prime example of how the sci-fi genre helps creators to pass along (often very preachy) messages to otherwise unreceptive audiences. Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2025 Jelly Roll might seem like a surprising mouthpiece for this kind of preachy moment, but the song is a hit even outside the country bubble. Aja Romano, Vox, 8 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for preachy
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Adjective
  • 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
  • What matters is a heavy focus on aesthetic and moralistic perfection.
    Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Adapted from his own novel Cabal, Barker brings so much creativity and personality to this story that could easily have become a more didactic sermon about otherness.
    Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
  • This simple didactic framework was picked up by Tetlock and used to characterize different approaches that expert forecasters took to the task of prediction.
    Marcus Weldon, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Sep. 2025

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“Preachy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preachy. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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