Delivers a religious or moral message to a group of people, or repeatedly tries to convince someone of an idea.
From Old French 'precher,' derived from Latin 'praedicare' (to proclaim). Originally meant public religious speaking, but expanded to mean any earnest persuasion.
There's a weird linguistic rule: nobody likes being preached to, which is why the word 'preach' has a negative connotation even when the content is good—humans resist instructions that feel sanctimonious.
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