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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Inclined or given to tedious and excessive moralizing; didactic.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Inclined to preach or give long-winded moral advice; of a tedious moralizing tendency.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Tending toward excessive
moralization .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective inclined to or marked by tedious moralization
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Examples
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As far as preachy is concerned, man so was Kung Fu Panda, people just liked the kung fu.
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What elevates "Victim" above the preachy is the director's sustained upending of cinematic convention and the film's wealth of strong performances in roles large and small—starting with affecting portrayals by Bogarde and Sylvia Syms, as his patient but conflicted wife.
Lessons Without Lectures David Mermelstein 2011
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I sort of messed it up, because I didn't want to sound too camp and preachy, which is my problem in most of my prose and even poetry.
Short Fiction: Snowflake Angel fantasyecho 2005
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Needless to say we like this ad, it strikes the right balance of whimsy and preachy, which is to say more of the former and less of the latter.
Jalopnik 2009
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But she pulls it off; her characters – including the villains - are compelling, not "preachy" or "wooden."
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Would be interested to hear what you think of the criticism 'preachy' at some later time, which as best I can tell primarily just means the reader recognized ideas they personally disagreed with.
Critique From HereNow Hal Duncan 2009
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Rarely do the characters in Moon feel as "preachy" as they do in Troopers, but just as much information, if not more, is delivered regarding Heinlein's thoughts on the role of the individual in a society.
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Fred Perry 2010
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Rarely do the characters in Moon feel as "preachy" as they do in Troopers, but just as much information, if not more, is delivered regarding Heinlein's thoughts on the role of the individual in a society.
Archive 2010-04-01 Fred Perry 2010
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And please PLEASE do not dismiss advocacy for these issues as being "preachy".
Foodies Try To Shove Their Picks For Ag Secretary Down Obama's Throat 2009
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It's kind of preachy and her "aren't we the coolest family EVER?" tone can get more than a little annoying.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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