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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.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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

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