preachificationn.
/ˌpriːtʃᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌpritʃəfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ depreciative. rare.
Tedious or self-righteous preaching; preachifying.
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society > faith > worship > preaching > [noun] > tiresome
preachifying1796
preachification1843
1843 J. G. Lockhart Let. 6 Dec. in Croker Papers (1884) III. 12 Alison deserves all anybody can say..of his coxcombical pomposity and preachification.
1910 G. Meredith Celt & Saxon xvi. 234 A term of prolonged preachification.
1997 Re: [ADMIN] Rep. on Action in soc.religion.paganism (Usenet newsgroup) 24 Dec. Both indulged in grandstanding preachification on the superiority of their individual moral (not ethical) stance.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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