Meanings
plural moralizations
- countableuncountableThe act of moralizing.
The sagas have more than their share of axings in the back, killings encompassed by treachery and trickery, narrated without accompanying moralizations.
2009, William Ian Miller, Bloodtaking and Peacemaking - countableuncountableMoral reform.
"Our government proposes the moralization of public functions and the end of impunity for government functionaries and for individuals who violate the law and steal from the people," — Nicanor Duarte Frutos, President of Paraguay, quoted in the Los Angeles Times.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounindulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From moral + -ization or moralize + -ation.
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