noun
- a tedious or self-righteous moral lecture or sermon
Usage: often disapproving
Examples
- The politician’s speech turned into a boring preachment about family values.
- I don’t need another preachment about the importance of hard work.
- His constant preachments about healthy living annoyed his friends.
- The teacher’s preachment on responsibility fell on deaf ears.
- She delivered a lengthy preachment about environmental conservation.
- The editorial was more preachment than news analysis.