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didacticism

American  
[dahy-dakt-i-siz-uhm] / daɪˈdækt ɪˌsɪz əm /

noun

  1. a tendency to be didactic; didactic character, tone, or style.


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In time, his didacticism would “lapse into bullying.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 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

Nor does this portrait have the didacticism of Sally Field’s portrayal in Steven Spielberg’s 2012 biopic, “Lincoln.”

From New York Times Feb. 7, 2024

So even if Novic and Fell tilt toward didacticism, it’s for good reason.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 29, 2022

Now downright didacticism in a poet is an abomination.

From A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories by Edgar Wilson

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