Usually means: Advice aimed at moral improvement.
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  1. paraenetic: Merriam-Webster
  2. paraenetic: Collins English Dictionary
  3. paraenetic: Wiktionary

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▸ adjective:  Alternative form of parenetic [Relating to parenesis.]

Similar:
paraphrasic, paranoeic, paranoic, parthenogenetical, paraesthetic, paraphrastical, parenchymatical, parataxonomical, paronomastical, perinatologic, more...

Opposite:
apolitical, non-advisory, non-didactic

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Similar:
paraphrasic, paranoeic, paranoic, parthenogenetical, paraesthetic, paraphrastical, parenchymatical, parataxonomical, paronomastical, perinatologic, more...

Opposite:
apolitical, non-advisory, non-didactic



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