preachy
adjective
tediously or pretentiously didactic.
preachiness
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a word derived from
preachy.
Example Sentences
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For every time it seems like its entire conception stems from Ryan Murphy’s jealousy of Tony Kushner, it somehow wrestles his desire for preachiness into a story where the preachiness is deserved.
From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2019
What keeps Mr. Wallace’s work from falling into preachiness is its canny and unsettling blend of installation, video, documentary, fiction and advertising — what feels like foreboding one moment becomes promotional the next.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2019
Cadogan writes that despite a forgivable preachiness, the book “remains an addictively gripping saga of love, frustration and limited fulfillment, and possibly still the greatest of all single-sex romance stories.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2019
His patriotic, topical stand-up could have veered into preachiness, but it never stopped being funny.
From The Guardian ● May 22, 2017
Alan felt abashed at having scolded the little alien that way, but he did not know how to make proper amends; besides, he was annoyed at Rat's preachiness.
From Starman's Quest by Stan Mack
