Associations to the word «Sermonize»

Verb

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Wiktionary

SERMONIZE, verb. To speak in the manner of a sermon.
SERMONIZE, verb. To propagate one's morality with speech.
SERMONIZE, verb. To inculcate rigid rules.

Dictionary definition

SERMONIZE, verb. Speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements; "This man always sermonizes".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky