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
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.
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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
Cigarettes were first popularized in a more moralistic era.
—Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
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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
Cigarettes were first popularized in a more moralistic era.
—Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moralistic
didactic
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Nautilus is bold in its changes to Captain Nemo’s story — new monsters, new villains — but imitative to other genre series in execution, and the vibe is a little didactic.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
25 June 2025
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The film’s slavish dedication to its source material — the challenging of which would open its own can of worms — demands ignoring all potential complexity in favor of didactic conclusions.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
19 June 2025
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“Moralistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moralistic. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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