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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Unpaid volunteers would raise crops as a didactic demonstration for their brothers and sisters on the other side of the DMZ, who would most likely remain unaware of their efforts until the DPRK collapsed, which might happen tomorrow or in none of their lifetimes.
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William T. Vollmann, Harper's Magazine, 24 June 2024
This is in keeping with Breillat’s belief that movies should not be overly didactic or prescriptive but open-ended and provocative.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 29 June 2024
No one’s being used as a device to shove some kind of message or be didactic.
—Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 14 June 2024
Yet once the trials started, the roles reversed, with Western lawyers seeking to stage a high-minded fair trial and the Soviets, under tight leadership from Moscow, looking to stage a didactic show trial.
—Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2020
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William T. Vollmann, Harper's Magazine, 24 June 2024
This is in keeping with Breillat’s belief that movies should not be overly didactic or prescriptive but open-ended and provocative.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 29 June 2024
No one’s being used as a device to shove some kind of message or be didactic.
—Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 14 June 2024
Yet once the trials started, the roles reversed, with Western lawyers seeking to stage a high-minded fair trial and the Soviets, under tight leadership from Moscow, looking to stage a didactic show trial.
—Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2020
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