didacticism
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In time, his didacticism would “lapse into bullying.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The film refuses didacticism, offering instead the proverb: If you know, you know.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2022
Still, in trying to use purely theatrical means to avoid the traps of didacticism that so many well-intentioned plays fall into, “The Minutes” instead falls into the trap of bad taste.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2022
So even if Novic and Fell tilt toward didacticism, it’s for good reason.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2022
She poured them forth—little rushing streams of didacticism.
From Forgotten Tales of Long Ago by Bedford, F. D.
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