Moralistic
adjective
Too quick to make judgments about what is right and wrong.
He took a moralistic stance on the issue of drugs.
Often appears as...
- moralistic stance
- moralistic judgement
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Disapproving
adjective
Signed to teach a lesson about what is right behavior.
The book is moralistic, full of life lessons for young children.
Often appears as...
- moralistic teaching
- moralistic book
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Approving
Academic
adjective
Too quick to make judgments about what is right and wrong.
He took a moralistic stance on the issue of drugs.
Often appears as...
- moralistic stance
- moralistic judgement
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Signed to teach a lesson about what is right behavior.
The book is moralistic, full of life lessons for young children.
Often appears as...
- moralistic teaching
- moralistic book
Usage tips
Approving
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Implication
Using 'moralistic' can imply disapproval of being overly judgmental.
People avoided him for his moralistic views which often felt patronizing.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Righteous
'Moralistic' sometimes means imposing beliefs without considering others' perspectives.
Her moralistic attitude alienated those with different life experiences.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Disapproval
Using 'moralistic' suggests a subtle critique of someone's self-righteous behavior.
His moralistic tone was off-putting during the discussion.
Compare with
didacticmoralizepedanticpreachyprudishpuritanicalsanctimonious
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Why Do People Act Badly?...
another and that was really important because social reputation matters the problem is that the larger the society becomes the more easy it is to take advantage of other people within the group so that's where this construct or this idea of a moralistic interventionist God that can read our
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Atheism 2.0 - Alain de...
really like the art of Mantinea I really like looking at old churches I really like turning the pages of the Old Testament whatever it may be you know the kind of thing I'm talking about people who are attracted to the ritualistic side the moralistic communal
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A free world needs...
I think this is bigger than cartoons. This is about opinion and journalism. This, in the end, is about democracy. We now live in a world where moralistic mobs gather on social media and rise like a storm.
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Why Do People Act Badly?...
another and that was really important because social reputation matters the problem is that the larger the society becomes the more easy it is to take advantage of other people within the group so that's where this construct or this idea of a moralistic interventionist God that can read our
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Atheism 2.0 - Alain de...
really like the art of Mantinea I really like looking at old churches I really like turning the pages of the Old Testament whatever it may be you know the kind of thing I'm talking about people who are attracted to the ritualistic side the moralistic communal
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A free world needs...
I think this is bigger than cartoons. This is about opinion and journalism. This, in the end, is about democracy. We now live in a world where moralistic mobs gather on social media and rise like a storm.
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Shane Warne
Australian Athlete
There are a lot more tabloids in England that like to report other things in your life, some of which are true and some of which are exaggerated and untrue. There have been stories where people claim to have seen me in one place and I wasn't even in that city then. The Aussie press is more judgmental and moralistic.
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Junot Diaz
American Writer
For kind of sophisticated art I'm interested in, the larger structural rebuke has to be so subtle that it has to be distributed at an almost sub-atomic level. Otherwise, you fall into the kind of preachy, moralistic fable that I don't think makes for good literature.
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Tom Shales
American Writer
Your humble critic confesses that he has been wrestling with 'weight issues' since leaving college lo these, uh, several years ago, so it's hard to be receptive to the moralistic scolding and patronizing encouragement offered endlessly by the allegedly well-meaning.
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David Hackworth
American Soldier
Our generals talk a good game about taking care of their grunts, and the majority of our Beltway politicians bay with moralistic fervor about how they, too, support the troops.
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Kara Walker
American Artist
I don't think that my work is very moralistic - at least, I try to avoid that. I grew up with that sermonising tendency, and I don't think visual work operates like that.
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Kate Millett
American Activist
We are naive and moralistic women. We are human beings who find politics a blight upon the human condition. And do not know how one copes with it except through politics.
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Kathy Acker
American Activist
On the surface we all act like we all love each other and we're free and easy, and actually we're far more moralistic than any other society I've ever lived in.
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Ross Douthat
American Author
There are voters out there that a moralistic and populist conservative right might win but a flagrantly hypocritical and ethnonationalist conservatism cannot.
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Iris Murdoch
Irish Author
Moralistic is not moral. And as for truth - well, it's like brown - it's not in the spectrum. Truth is so generic.
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Ben Miller
English Comedian
I'm afraid I'm very optimistic - and moralistic.
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Shane Warne
Australian Athlete
There are a lot more tabloids in England that like to report other things in your life, some of which are true and some of which are exaggerated and untrue. There have been stories where people claim to have seen me in one place and I wasn't even in that city then. The Aussie press is more judgmental and moralistic.
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Junot Diaz
American Writer
For kind of sophisticated art I'm interested in, the larger structural rebuke has to be so subtle that it has to be distributed at an almost sub-atomic level. Otherwise, you fall into the kind of preachy, moralistic fable that I don't think makes for good literature.
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Tom Shales
American Writer
Your humble critic confesses that he has been wrestling with 'weight issues' since leaving college lo these, uh, several years ago, so it's hard to be receptive to the moralistic scolding and patronizing encouragement offered endlessly by the allegedly well-meaning.
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David Hackworth
American Soldier
Our generals talk a good game about taking care of their grunts, and the majority of our Beltway politicians bay with moralistic fervor about how they, too, support the troops.
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Kara Walker
American Artist
I don't think that my work is very moralistic - at least, I try to avoid that. I grew up with that sermonising tendency, and I don't think visual work operates like that.
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Kate Millett
American Activist
We are naive and moralistic women. We are human beings who find politics a blight upon the human condition. And do not know how one copes with it except through politics.
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Kathy Acker
American Activist
On the surface we all act like we all love each other and we're free and easy, and actually we're far more moralistic than any other society I've ever lived in.
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Ross Douthat
American Author
There are voters out there that a moralistic and populist conservative right might win but a flagrantly hypocritical and ethnonationalist conservatism cannot.
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Iris Murdoch
Irish Author
Moralistic is not moral. And as for truth - well, it's like brown - it's not in the spectrum. Truth is so generic.
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Ben Miller
English Comedian
I'm afraid I'm very optimistic - and moralistic.
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