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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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Foreman and the Wooster Group share an aversion to linearity, psychological realism and didacticism of any kind.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2024

The didacticism and repeated stories are a trickier matter.

From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2022

The film refuses didacticism, offering instead the proverb: If you know, you know.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2022

Refreshingly free of didacticism, the hilarious half-hour series was created by Simone Finch, who based her protagonist’s sobriety journey on her own experience.

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2022

The age had grown accustomed to large draughts of moralizing and didacticism in verse, and the quality of Cowper's contribution was assuredly above the average.

From Early Reviews of English Poets by Haney, John Louis