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Recent Examples of morality play
But culture wars tend to reduce every conflict to a simple morality play, as Hlavacik repeatedly shows.
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Jonathan Zimmerman, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
Treat the Rio Grande dispute as a morality play and tariffs feel satisfying.
—Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Without being explicit about it, Panahi has crafted a morality play.
—Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2025
Lee’s lively reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime drama High and Low just seeks to stage an entertaining morality play.
—Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025
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Jonathan Zimmerman, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
Treat the Rio Grande dispute as a morality play and tariffs feel satisfying.
—Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Without being explicit about it, Panahi has crafted a morality play.
—Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2025
Lee’s lively reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime drama High and Low just seeks to stage an entertaining morality play.
—Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for morality play
Noun
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The book’s primary characters are fictional, but many names (CPS, Bennett) are not, and the narrative itself weaves in actual texts and emails that flew between real participants.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2026
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This is partly why, even at just 30 years old, Chalamet entered this Oscar season with a persuasive narrative to go all the way.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But to him, even those ambiguities have been drafted into a mythology that treats uncertainty as proof of orchestration.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Mar. 2026
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The real-world mythology of the blood moon Unsurprisingly, given a blood moon's ominous hue, a vast codex of mythology and legend has accumulated around them from various cultures throughout history.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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However, this myth has been dispelled.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
4 Mar. 2026
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That goes for bars of pungent soap, essential oils, sonic repellant devices, and hanging up pennies in bags of water, a favorite Internet myth.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Morality play.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morality%20play. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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