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moralistic

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












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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

It’s at the Venn diagram of a Saturday morning cartoon and a moralistic Greek myth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025

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

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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