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sententious

Sententious describes language that is short on words, and contains a lot of moralizing. (adjective)

An example of sententious is someone saying "been there, done that" about the concept of enlightenment.

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See sententious in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See sententious in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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