moralistic
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7.2
- adjective
- /ˌmɔːrəˈlɪstɪk/
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moralista
- You seemed so moralistic and judgmental.
- moralistic attitude
- moralistic view
- highly moralistic
It's like it's not a moralistic attack.
- It's like it's not a moralistic attack.
- Now this is not, you know, this is a moralistic rather than an ethnographic treatise.
- But we're also supposed to be in some respects, you could say morally engaged, but not in a moralistic manner.
- And that's the part they object to, is tied in with a common view of vaccinated people as moralistic bullies.
- Everything is so moralistic and binary when humanity and nature exist in the in between.
- You know, all this talk about virtue that seems a little moralistic, heavy focus on the intellectual life as opposed to the emotional life.
Examples
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You're not one of those moralistic young people, are you?
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Indeed, fundamentalism's moralistic language of "good" and "evil" passes one-time judgment on consumer practices.
Academic text (2000) -
Now what Mill really had in mind there was so highly moralistic, including religious legislation.
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Everything is so moralistic and binary when humanity and nature exist in the in between.
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Typically, the pursuit of moralistic projects has undermined not only American interests but also American values.
Academic text (2003) -
Going westward across the northern tier of states, a strong moralistic political culture still exists.
Academic text (2002) -
We're almost perfectly designed to bring out our most moralistic and least reflective selves.
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As long as the Confederate flag debate was cast in emotional, moralistic terms, passions ruled the day.
Academic text (2008) -
Nevertheless, one can argue that the moralistic, communal view was not totally discarded from the American consciousness.
Academic text (2002) -
His moralistic views often led him to criticize others for their choices.
Synonyms
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8.2
Disapproving of pleasure and very strict about moral behavior
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8.9
Strict belief that basic religious or political rules must be followed exactly
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9.9
Pretending to be morally better than other people
Very strict about how people should behave for religious reasons
Antonyms
How Judgmental
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Moralistic comes from moral ('right and wrong') plus the ending -istic ('having the quality of'). So, a moralistic person shows strict ideas about right and wrong and often judges others.