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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | moralise |
| Type of | regenerate, reclaim, rectify, reform |
| Derivation | moralization |
Examples of moralize
moralize
The Republicans generally trust people on economic matters but want to moralize.
From the newsobserver.com
Church etc, are of course free to moralize away, just keep the state out of it.
From the economist.com
It was, for wowsers who cared to moralize, a creepy metaphor of the American soul.
From the time.com
The play has a strong human message, a spiritual message, but it doesn't moralize.
From the time.com
He must moralize from Rousseau's creaky premise that culture corrupts mankind.
From the time.com
You can't be going for a big laugh or use it as your chance to pontificate and moralize.
From the washingtonpost.com
A moving storyteller, Wiencek largely resists the temptation to moralize.
From the time.com
Let the purists and analysts moralize about how this all came about.
From the boston.com
Liberals tend to moralize far more when it comes to economics.
From the economist.com
- Interpret the moral meaning of; "moralize a story"
- Sermonize: speak as if delivering a sermon; express moral judgements; "This man always sermonizes"
- Improve the morals of
- (moralizing) indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code; "his constant moralizing drove me mad"
- Morality (from the Latin '' "manner, character, proper behavior") is a sense of behavioral conduct that differentiates intentions, decisions, and actions between those that are good (or right) and bad (or wrong). ...
- To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from; To furnish with moral lessons, teachings, or examples; to lend a moral to; To render moral; to correct the morals of; To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse; To make ...
- Verb telling others what they ought or not do absent authority to do so.
