preachment

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Recent Examples of preachment It may well be called a preachment for peace. Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023 This is why their exhortations and preachments are so commonly met with bemused responses. Adolph Reed Jr., Harper's Magazine, 21 Feb. 2022 Both figures suggest that the Church’s preachment would be inaccessible to the majority of the English people in both Latin and the vernacular without some sort of visual aid. John Hirschauer, National Review, 14 Nov. 2019 And the filmmaker—a cold term for such a masterly artist—has portrayed every bit of it with perfect clarity and not the slightest whiff of preachment. Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for preachment
Noun
  • Passages range from the creation of the world to bloody battles and apocalyptic destruction, from exhortations to love of God, neighbor and the needy to passages telling of Jesus' life, death and resurrection.
    ABC News, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • But also as promised, the show was all about joy, optimism and self-belief, and if her monologues occasionally veered into self-care exhortations, that was perfectly on brand as well.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • King Charles’s historic address to Congress on Tuesday has already been hailed as one of the most important speeches of his reign.
    Katie Nicholl, Vanity Fair, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Most campuses earned failing grades for their speech climates.
    Jason Jewell, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Chapman’s lecture was one of several sessions making up the first day of Screen Forever 40, the three-day industry conference marking the 40th edition of the Screen Producers Australia gathering.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Audiences are now challenging the media’s monopoly and the top-down lecture modes of addressing viewers and readers, which in some cases can present ethical challenges.
    Shepherd Mpofu, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Earlier in the day, Charles delivered a rare address to a joint session of Congress, highlighting the second day of his four-day state visit and placing the spotlight on the strained but enduring relationship between his country and the United States.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Yet Johnson and Fernandez, who started a consultancy around the time of Jack Thorne’s blistering MacTaggart address about disability before moving to Casarotto, say their research has found that fewer than 20% of TV productions have worked with access coordinators.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2026

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“Preachment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preachment. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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