moralism
Example Sentences
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Though the outcomes encoded here are colored by midcentury manners, they are surprisingly daring and averse to sedate moralism.
But it also hamstrung by its earnestness, with a tone of finger-wagging moralism that is the antithesis of fun.
From New York Times
Surrealism was a free-flowing network of exchanges, translations, idealizations and misunderstandings — and on this matter, all too rarely in this age of smug cultural moralism, the curators actually treat us like adults.
From New York Times
It’s conservatives who prefer ideology and moralism to the facts.
From Washington Post
But they just contribute to a moralism that misses the tone of the book.
From New York Times
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