preachification
- noun
- /priːˌtʃɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
- Informal
- The author's preachification makes the novel feel less like a story and more like a lecture.
Examples
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Some critics disliked the film's tendency toward preachification on social issues.
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Her constant preachification about healthy eating became quite annoying.
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His constant preachification about honesty began to annoy everyone at the office.
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I find his preachification on social issues hard to listen to.
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His constant preachification about morality frustrated everyone in the room.
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Some viewers criticized the movie for its heavy preachification regarding environmental issues.
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The teacher's preachification on the importance of kindness overshadowed the lesson plan.
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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4.6
Giving moral advice in a way that feels bossy or unwanted
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6.5
To tell people the Christian message to make them believers
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9.9
Pretending to be morally better than others
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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
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7.8
Saying people's actions are right or wrong in a preachy way
Religious behavior that seems judging or fake
How Moralizing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Preachification comes from the verb preach, which means 'to tell moral lessons', plus the ending -ification, which means 'making' or 'becoming'. So preachification is the 'making' of something preachy, which explains why it means tedious or excessive moralizing.