noun
Meaning 1
The act of moralizing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
moralization
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UK: /ˌmɒ.ɹə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
noun
Meaning 2
Moral reform.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- "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.
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noun
Meaning 3
the act of making moral (or more moral)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- for years she worked toward the moralization of English literature
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: moralisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reform
noun
Meaning 4
indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his constant moralizing drove me mad
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: moralizing, moralisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: philosophizing
Narrower terms: preachification
History
Etymology
From moral + -ization or moralize + -ation.