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менторский — meaning in English

mentorskiy

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English meaning

  • didactic adjective Intended to teach something, especially a moral lesson, as well as to inform or entertain.
  • sententious adj Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.

Senses

менторский is used for these senses in English:

  • didactic Excessively moralizing.
  • preceptial (obsolete) preceptive
  • sententious Tending to use aphorisms or maxims; especially, to such an extent as to engage in trite moralizing, even self-righteously so.

didactic — full definition

  1. adjective Intended to teach something, especially a moral lesson, as well as to inform or entertain.
  2. adjective Too eager to instruct others, in a way that comes across as preachy or condescending.

sententious — full definition

  1. adj Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
  2. adj Tending to the frequent use aphorisms or maxims; especially, in a manner that is affected, trite or self-righteous.
  3. adj Full of meaning.
  4. adj Relating to a sentence; sentential.

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