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moralistic

[mawr-uh-lis-tik, mor-] / ˌmɔr əˈlɪs tɪk, ˌmɒr- /












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It’s not news that we live in a moralistic, judgmental age.

From Washington Post

His take on the U.S. drug crisis displays a conservative, moralistic inclination.

From Los Angeles Times

While translating Poe's works into French in the 1850s and 1860s, the French poet Charles Baudelaire promoted his hero as a kind of countercultural visionary, out of step with a moralistic, materialistic America.

From Salon

Swedish media outlets welcomed the move to abolish the dance permits, which have been called outdated and moralistic.

From Seattle Times

It’s dangerous, of course, to be moralistic about history.

From Washington Post