didactic

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Other somewhat more didactic or exposition-heavy passages include a professor giving a brief lecture about the persistent and pernicious British class system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

"I guess what the show is saying, and we're never didactic about this stuff, is that Pierpoint and the wider capitalist enterprise turbocharge some of their worst instincts," says Kay.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2024

Try as he may, he can't fully mask some of the didactic "we're going to teach you something" nature of the dialogue, even if what it's conveying is historical information that most people don't know.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2024

I could be didactic with you — sure, quit your job, marry your partner, move to the burbs — and that may feel like a prognostication of sorts.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2024

Then he continued with his discussion in the same didactic tone as before.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela