didacticism
Americannoun
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Against the risks of didacticism — or, God forbid, “preachiness” — I’ll take the productive tension of the occasional cliché or bald statement of purpose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
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
A lesser artist might have contrived a tidier plot or affixed a more ringing lesson, but Bratton seems to be motivated less by didacticism than by curiosity.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
So even if Novic and Fell tilt toward didacticism, it’s for good reason.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2022
The playwright colors the didacticism of Hogarth's prints with music and farce, yet underscores it by adding Virtue and Vice and the melodrama of Rakewell's suicide and Sarah's probable death.
From The Harlot's Progress, The Rake's Progress (MS., CA. 1778-1780) by Anonymous
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