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moralistic

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












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His take on Homer is, as I wrote in my original review, “a moralistic ‘Oppenheimer’ prequel.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

He wrote about her in his postcards home, displeasing his moralistic parents.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 13, 2026

To achieve some of these much-needed reforms, we must shift the cultural narrative — peeling back the moralistic and judgment-laced rhetoric around poverty, savings and retirement — and acknowledge existing structural barriers to savings.

From Salon Apr. 7, 2025

They have gone instead for chilly, moralistic and cautionary.

From New York Times Jan. 31, 2024

Jefferson’s highly moralistic language castigating George III and the English government in the Declaration of Independence was not just propaganda, at least for Jefferson.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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