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Characteristic of or relating to a narrow-minded concern with the morals of others; self-righteous
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She was glad to escape her judgmental and moralistic parents.
Meaning relationships
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
narrowly and conventionally moral
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh1-der. Proto-Italic *mōs Latin mōs Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin mōrālis Old French moralbor. Middle English moral English moral Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English moralistic From moral + -istic.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
moralista
— Characteristic of or relating to a narrow-minded concern of the morals of others
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Czech:
moralistický
— Characteristic of or relating to a narrow-minded concern of the morals of others
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Finnish:
moralistinen
— Characteristic of or relating to a narrow-minded concern of the morals of others
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French:
moraliste
— Characteristic of or relating to a narrow-minded concern of the morals of others
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Galician:
moralista
— Characteristic of or relating to a narrow-minded concern of the morals of others
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German:
moralistisch
— Characteristic of or relating to a narrow-minded concern of the morals of others
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Italian:
moralista
— Characteristic of or relating to a narrow-minded concern of the morals of others
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Polish:
moralistyczny
— Characteristic of or relating to a narrow-minded concern of the morals of others
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Portuguese:
moralista
— Characteristic of or relating to a narrow-minded concern of the morals of others
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Spanish:
moralista
— Characteristic of or relating to a narrow-minded concern of the morals of others