didacticism
Americannoun
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There’s nothing in “Make Believe” to indicate that when Mr. Barnett laments didacticism, he’s referring to a specific type of book or writer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Foreman and the Wooster Group share an aversion to linearity, psychological realism and didacticism of any kind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2024
The film refuses didacticism, offering instead the proverb: If you know, you know.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2022
Refreshingly free of didacticism, the hilarious half-hour series was created by Simone Finch, who based her protagonist’s sobriety journey on her own experience.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2022
His judgments have remained authoritative; but some of his final judgments, which were unshaken for generations, such as for instance his estimates of Pushkin and Lermontov, were much biassed and coloured by his didacticism.
From An Outline of Russian Literature by Maurice Baring
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