preachiness
- a word derived from preachy.
Example Sentences
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Usually, we get preachiness or something clean-cut and easy to discern.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2025
I wonder if he chose these stories, in part, because their ambiguity militates against this tendency toward preachiness.
From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2021
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
It is now getting a polished revival at Signature Theatre that reinforces some of its melodic strengths, but also more broadly underlines its tiresome, repetitious preachiness.
From Washington Post ● May 31, 2018
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 Mack, Stan
