moralize

Definition of moralizenext

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Recent Examples of moralize Dissecting private reproductive choices through a collective lens, as the authors do, comes with a high risk of moralizing fertility. — Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025 People who moralize intrinsic motivation often expect it from everyone else. — Mijeong Kwon, The Conversation, 25 Nov. 2025 The good guy, the bad guy, the place to sit and reside, to feel right or wrong or righteous or moralized and she's left us quite naked with an incredibly complex detailed topic. — H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025 One Battle After Another is not sappy or moralizing in that sentiment. — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for moralize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moralize
Verb
  • Alpert, now Ram Dass, returned from India in white robes and bare feet, preaching and writing about consciousness.
    — Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Games like this are why coaches preach that special teams is as pivotal as offense or defense.
    — PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Professors structure lectures with an awareness of how a sentence might circulate online.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Especially for him in the same interview to be lecturing my party on democracy and norms.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Priests could not catechize children, bring the sacraments to the sick, or do pastoral work outside the local churchyard.
    — George Weigel, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022

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“Moralize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moralize. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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