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moralistic

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












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Biopics are “an exasperating genre,” Variety wrote, smushing some of “the planet’s most unorthodox personalities into a reductive, overly moralistic mold.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

And the language in the official recall petition strikes a moralistic tone.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2024

They have gone instead for chilly, moralistic and cautionary.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2024

Not only is this a deeply moralistic view, but also it's an unscientific one.

From Salon • Jul. 9, 2023

The same moralistic dichotomy that Jefferson saw inside the United States between discernible heroes and villains, he also projected into the international arena.

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