preaching
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4.6
- noun
- /ˈpriːtʃɪŋ/
- Informal
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sermoneo
- A mission demands exhausting days of preaching, exhortation, prayer, hearing confessions, and offering the Eucharist.
- anti-preaching
- public preaching
I cannot find any way that preaching hate helps that situation.
- I cannot find any way that preaching hate helps that situation.
- What I've come to realize now is me preaching the way that I've preached.
- You know, it's not even, it's not a direction, it's not preaching, it's not pushing, it's pleading.
- You're threatening me with your bloody preaching.
- So yeah, that's probably enough at this point about analytic because, you know, it's sort of like a preaching to the the choir here.
- It's just like some general preaching message and that doesn't that that's not effective.
Examples
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So much of preaching, devotional manuals, and visual materials are aimed toward this end.
Academic text (2002) -
The result was that aggressive discussion, if not actual preaching to one another, was the norm among the English.
Academic text (1992) -
And it seemed to me that it was preaching that everybody has a direct relationship with God.
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"There was no use in trying to argue when Mouse was in a preaching mood.
Fiction book (2002) -
I do not propose that anyone change his preaching until he is persuaded otherwise.
Blog text (20) -
Humanists played a key role in the fight to get public education out of the preaching business.
Academic text (2010) -
You'd be surprised at how often my preaching falls on deaf ears.
Fiction book (2000) -
Philosophy is free inquiry and is therefore set against dogmatic teaching, moralizing, and preaching of any sort.
Academic text (2017) -
I humbly suggest Your Majesty has not grasped the inflammatory possibilities of this man's preaching.
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Many people find his constant preaching about morality to be quite annoying.
Synonyms
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4.7
A long serious talk that criticizes someone's behavior and tells them how to behave
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9.2
A short talk in a church about moral or religious ideas
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7.6
Talking to people about right and wrong in a judging way
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9.1
A way of speaking that sounds proud and annoys people
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9.9
A religious speech that gives moral advice
To talk in a long, annoying way about right and wrong
Saying people's actions are right or wrong in a preachy way
A short talk that gives advice about right and wrong, often in a critical way
Idioms
How Moralizing
- Informal
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4.6
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7.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Preaching comes from the Latin verb praedicare, which meant 'to announce' and has parts like pre- 'before' and dic- 'to say', the same root as English words like dictate. So, 'preaching' can mean telling people strong moral views or advice in a public or bossy way, which is why it often feels unwanted.