moralizing

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Eating the rainbow only becomes moralizing if you treat it like a compliance chart.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

But not Mr. Carney, who passes off conventional wisdom as bold truth-telling and mistakes empty moralizing for statesmanship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Settle in for some amusing dissections of popular docuseries like “Making a Murderer” and “The Jinx,” as well as the simultaneously moralizing and exploitative “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Implicit in "wellness" rhetoric is the idea that poor health is strictly a result of personal choices, which are subjected to moralizing judgment.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2024

“The greatest moralizing and socializing force of all time.”

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley