| 词汇 | preachiness |
| 释义 | preachiness noun[ U ] disapprovinguk /ˈpriː.tʃi.nəs/ us /ˈpriː.tʃi.nəs/ the quality of seeming to want to give moral advice, even when this is not wanted or needed: The show's preachiness irritates many viewers. Preachiness has always been a weakness of his. The book's most unwelcome aspect is its heavy-handed preachiness. On screen he avoids preachiness because his films don't pretend to answer tough moral questions. Those who most need to hear these inconvenient truths might be might be put off by the preachiness. Feeling morally superior claim the moral high groundidiom de haut en bas holier-than-thou judgmental judgmentally moralistic moralistically pearl-clutching preachily preachy righteous righteously sanctimonious sanctimoniously sanctimoniousness self-righteousness superior superiority complex virtue signalling virtuous Related wordpreachy |
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