Definition of Preachification

1. Noun. Moralization delivered tediously in a preachy manner.

Generic synonyms: Moralisation, Moralization, Moralizing
Derivative terms: Preachify

Lexicographical Neighbors of Preachification

preach to deaf ears
preach to the choir
preach to the converted
preachable
preached
preacher
preacher man
preacherly
preachers
preachership
preacherships
preaches
preacheth
preachier
preachiest
preachification (current term)
preachified
preachifies
preachify
preachifying
preachily
preachiness
preachinesses
preaching
preachingly
preachings
preachman
preachmen
preachment
preachments

Literary usage of Preachification

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"... pomposity and preachification, and worst of all, his affectation of liberalism here and there by way of extenuating to the wicked his really good ..."

2. The Life and Times of Carey, Marshman, and Ward: Embracing the History of by John Clark Marshman (1859)
"Therefore if your memory fails you, you may expect a preachification which will be very edifying." " I received Confucius in a much more damaged state than ..."

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