as in homiletical
marked by or given to preaching moral values
the sermonic quality of many 19th-century novels written for young women
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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 -
There’s a word for this style of narrative preaching—homiletic.—
Jo Livingstone,
The New Republic,
6 Apr. 2021
Adjective
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Unfortunately, the question of how much worth is placed on an Israeli life versus a Palestinian one is answered mostly in words, and thus, in too direct (and perhaps too didactic) a fashion, when so much of the movie’s drama could have grounded it emotionally.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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Over the slow build of the season, character details emerge without need for much didactic exposition.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Depositphotos Participants’ responses to interview questions were instructive.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 Apr. 2025
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The exact figures involved have never been clear, but Newcastle’s accounts are instructive.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But the moralistic sneer didn’t take long to enter the postgame analysis.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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The story is predictably moralistic and, frankly, more worried about conforming to contemporary mores than accurately representing what was going on in Cuba in the 1950s, dramatically speaking anyway.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Sermonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sermonic. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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