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
Those on the left must recognize that their moralistic zeal and narrowing of intellectual discourse have turned educational and cultural institutions into engines of alienation, not trust.
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Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Aster isn’t merely mocking them; his real point is that moralistic self-righteousness has become a kind of addiction in America.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 May 2025
But the moralistic sneer didn’t take long to enter the postgame analysis.
—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
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Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Aster isn’t merely mocking them; his real point is that moralistic self-righteousness has become a kind of addiction in America.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 May 2025
But the moralistic sneer didn’t take long to enter the postgame analysis.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moralistic
didactic
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Such subtlety may not necessarily be what readers—perhaps American readers, in particular—expect from political fiction, which can have a reputation for being didactic and heavy-handed, designed to beat readers over the head, as if anything political were made in the mode of Soviet realism.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
5 Sep. 2025
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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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“Moralistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moralistic. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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