нравоучи́тельный — meaning in English
nravouchitelnyy
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English meaning
- didactic adjective Intended to teach something, especially a moral lesson, as well as to inform or entertain.
- moral adj Concerned with right and wrong behaviour, or conforming to accepted standards of good conduct.
- sententious adj Expressed briefly, using few words.
Senses
нравоучи́тельный is used for these senses in English:
- didactic Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality.
- didactic Excessively moralizing.
- moral Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
- 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
- adjective Intended to teach something, especially a moral lesson, as well as to inform or entertain.
- adjective Too eager to instruct others, in a way that comes across as preachy or condescending.
moral — full definition
- adj Concerned with right and wrong behaviour, or conforming to accepted standards of good conduct.
- noun The lesson about right and wrong conduct that a story or experience teaches.
- noun The principles of good behaviour that guide someone's conduct (usually plural: morals).
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