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sermonic

adjective

Definition of sermonic

as in moralizing

marked by or given to preaching moral values the sermonic quality of many 19th-century novels written for young women

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But the show also develops a moralizing streak in its back half.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
Eliot departs here from the moralizing messages of Memling and La Tour.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of moralizing

Adjective

In one memorable scene, Mari takes to a whiteboard to explain the destructive workings of capitalism, a lengthy, potentially didactic exercise that Okamoto transforms into an unexpectedly intimate exchange.

— Lisa Wong Macabasco, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
Not wanting a didactic feel, Ebenstein eschewed labels for the art, artifacts, masks, toys, skeletal and wet specimens, wax scientific models, devotional objects, vintage taxidermy and books.

— Dina Cheney, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of didactic

Adjective

The enduring travails of the Shinnecock Indian Nation, landed cousins of the Montauketts in eastern Long Island, are instructive.

— Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026
How Davis, Lee, and others convinced themselves of their cause, although instructive to the working of the human mind, is immaterial to the facts of American history.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of instructive

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Thou Shalt Not Steal, which launches on October 6, is a coming-of-age, roadtrip, moralistic odyssey about the lies people tell themselves and each other.

— Peter White, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026
If the senator’s moralism has been unfettered by his stroke, with a shift toward right-brain moralistic processing, that does not diminish his sincere intent or its effect.

— Michael P.H. Stanley, STAT, 10 Sep. 2026

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