Moralism

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  • noun. A conventional moral maxim or attitude.
  • noun. The act or practice of moralizing.
  • noun. Often undue concern for morality.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A moral maxim or saying; moral counsel or advice; moral sermonizing; inculcation of morality.
  • noun. The practice of morality as distinct from religion; the absorption of religion in mere morality.
  • noun. A tendency to moralize; a habit of moralizing.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A maxim or saying embodying a moral truth.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act or practice of moralizing.
  • noun. A maxim or saying embodying a moral truth.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a moral maxim
  • noun. judgments about another person's morality
  • Word Usage
    "One indication of a creeping moralism is the application of a religious gloss to activities or phenomena where previously there had been none."
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