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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

Meaning ostentatious or sumptuous still life, pronkstilleven art became all the rage in the Dutch Republic, both as a social documentation of wealth and a kind of moralistic satire.

From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2024

They have gone instead for chilly, moralistic and cautionary.

From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2024

Re-reading these brief moralistic appraisals usually left me disheartened.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez




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