sententious

(sĕn-tĕn'shəs)
adj.

1. Terse and energetic in expression; pithy.
2. 1. Abounding in aphorisms.
   2. Given to aphoristic utterances.
3. 1. Abounding in pompous moralizing.
   2. Given to pompous moralizing.

[Middle English, from Old French sententieux, from Latin sententiōsus, full of meaning, from sententia, opinion. See sentence.]

sententiously sen·ten'tious·ly adv.
sententiousness sen·ten'tious·ness n.

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moralistic, pithy

IN BRIEF: Concise, pithy; abounding with maxims and proverbs.

Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.      — Bertrand Russell (1872-1970), English logician and philosopher.

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• Foolish, Immature, Bigoted, or Trivial

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sententiøs, højtravende, docerende

Nederlands (Dutch)
moraliserend, bondig

Français (French)
adj. - sentencieux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - salbungsvoll, prägnant

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αποφθεγματικός, αφοριστικός, πομπώδης

Italiano (Italian)
sentenzioso, sputasentenze

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sentencioso, moralizador, solene

Русский (Russian)
нравоучительный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sentencioso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - sententiös, aforistisk, lakonisk, koncis, docerande, högtravande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
简洁的, 富于格言的, 警句的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 簡潔的, 富於格言的, 警句的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 간결한, 금언적인, 독선적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 金言的な, 簡潔な, 金言的な表現の多い, 気取った, 気障な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مكثر من ألمواعظ ألمضجرة, مختصر مفيد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אוהב הטפת מוסר מנופחת, רשמי ומלאכותי (סגנון), משתמש הרבה באימרות כדי ליצור סגנון קצר ומרשים‬

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