Definition of "hectoring" [hectoring]

• That hectors; intimidating or domineering. (adjective)
• Present participle of hector. (verb)

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• "I read a lot of sermons while researching the novel, and it struck me that the amount of hectoring from the pulpit on the proper behavior of women probably reflected a widely held view that a lot of "improper" behavior was going on."
• "Yet that's just why, tested against everyday life as most people experience it, the bulk of all this intellectual hectoring is inhumane rubbish — contemptuous of desires that aren't necessarily as unworthy or manipulated as charged."
• "Hector’s hectoring is a perfect argument for atheism. sd Says:"
• "I read a lot of sermons while researching the novel, and it struck me that the amount of hectoring from the pulpit on the proper behavior of women probably reflected a widely held view that a lot of "improper" behavior was going on."
• "I wonder: Speaking solely in terms of presentation and the notion of hectoring, lecturing and shrillness, do the same people who find Hillary off-putting also find Ron Paul so?"
• "And, you know, it was weird to see Jughead kind of hectoring you about the evils of divorce and witchcraft and sex education."