Definition of Moralization

1. Noun. Indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code. "His constant moralizing drove me mad"

Exact synonyms: Moralisation, Moralizing
Generic synonyms: Philosophizing
Specialized synonyms: Preachification
Derivative terms: Moralise, Moralize, Moralize

2. Noun. The act of making moral (or more moral). "For years she worked toward the moralization of English literature"
Exact synonyms: Moralisation
Generic synonyms: Reform
Derivative terms: Moralise, Moralize

Definition of Moralization

1. n. The act of moralizing; moral reflections or discourse.

Definition of Moralization

1. Noun. The act of moralizing. ¹

2. Noun. Moral reform. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Moralization

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moralization

moralisation
moralise
moralised
moralises
moralising
moralism
moralisms
moralist
moralistic
moralistic therapeutic deism
moralistically
moralists
moralities
morality
morality play
moralization
moralizations
moralize
moralized
moralizer
moralizers
moralizes
moralizing
morall
moralled
moraller
morallers
moralless
moralling
moralls

Literary usage of Moralization

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Vocational Education by John Morris Gillette (1910)
"Moralization In considering the demands which the thought of democracy makes on ... Both the nature and the necessity of moralization were there set forth. ..."

2. What is "national Honor"?: The Challenge of the Reconstruction by Leo Perla, Norman Angell (1918)
"... IX Moralization OF NATIONAL HONOR. A PROBLEM IN ETHICS THERE is little doubt that the Peace Congress which will meet at the close of the present war, ..."

3. Peace and Survival: West Germany, the Peace Movement, and European Security by David Gress (1985)
"... THE Moralization OF POLITICS The widespread rejection of democracy theory in political ... Moralization ..."

4. The Antiquary (1880)
"fanciful moralization, and when that preacher was most admired who crammed his sermons full of jokes and stories, which were relished all the more if ..."

5. Penal Philosophy by Gabriel de Tarde, Rapelje Howell (1912)
"Also moralization of man by woman: example, cannibalism. ... But, moralization of the master by the subject. Also moralization of man by woman: example, ..."

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