as in moralizing
marked by or given to preaching moral values
parental opinion was divided on the school's moralistic curriculum
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Recent Examples of moralistic
But the moralistic sneer didn’t take long to enter the postgame analysis.
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Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
The story is predictably moralistic and, frankly, more worried about conforming to contemporary mores than accurately representing what was going on in Cuba in the 1950s, dramatically speaking anyway.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
That scene takes a moralistic, anticlimactic turn — as does the movie itself, which goes to a lot of trouble to diagnose an institutional problem only to propose an individual solution.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2025
The United States has flipped from a moralistic benefactor to a transactional predator of Kyiv’s resources.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 24 Feb. 2025
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Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
The story is predictably moralistic and, frankly, more worried about conforming to contemporary mores than accurately representing what was going on in Cuba in the 1950s, dramatically speaking anyway.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
That scene takes a moralistic, anticlimactic turn — as does the movie itself, which goes to a lot of trouble to diagnose an institutional problem only to propose an individual solution.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2025
The United States has flipped from a moralistic benefactor to a transactional predator of Kyiv’s resources.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moralistic
didactic
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At the level of craft, writers and executive producers Fellowes and Sonja Warfield didn’t feel the need to get didactic in the script.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
14 July 2025
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My intention as a filmmaker wasn’t to present these issues in a didactic or graphic way, but to reflect the emotional undercurrents, the silences, the strategies of survival and the subtle forms of resistance.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
10 July 2025
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“Moralistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moralistic. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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