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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The tone regarding slavery and race relations is unflinching, historically accurate, complicated and matter-of-fact without being didactic.
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Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
The succession of 30 comparisons is relentlessly didactic, leaving little room for affect or interpretation.
—Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 27 Sep. 2024
That exuberant levity has clearly been calculated as a counterweight to the subject, which is explicitly a feminist fable and could so easily have felt didactic.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2024
Later episodes, some of which focus on innocent people, including a deaf victim (Rodney Burford) and a Good Samaritan neighbor (Niecy Nash-Betts), have a didactic bent.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 17 Sep. 2024
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Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
The succession of 30 comparisons is relentlessly didactic, leaving little room for affect or interpretation.
—Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 27 Sep. 2024
That exuberant levity has clearly been calculated as a counterweight to the subject, which is explicitly a feminist fable and could so easily have felt didactic.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2024
Later episodes, some of which focus on innocent people, including a deaf victim (Rodney Burford) and a Good Samaritan neighbor (Niecy Nash-Betts), have a didactic bent.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 17 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for didactic
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These are not virtues in a moralistic sense but, rather, habits of excellence inspired by definitions from ancient philosophy.Sarah Elk, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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The shadowy promise of deep melodrama paired with that high-contrast visual melancholy that’s ideal for the moralistic extremes of the 1940s is timelessly alluring.Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 26 July 2024
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Even so, vice presidential debates can still be instructive.David French, The Mercury News, 5 Oct. 2024
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However, our experience fighting the world’s deadliest infectious diseases is instructive.Peter Sands, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
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This might all sound too preachy for country fans who prefer to keep their music and their psychotherapy separate… or maybe not quite preachy enough for anyone who would like Jelly Roll to be a perfect role model for recovery.Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2024
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The film gets into the inequality that female athletes face without being too preachy.Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 10 Sep. 2024
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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 8 Nov. 2024.
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