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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Morality and rules of behaviour
antisocial
antisocially
baseness
biocentric
bioethicist
ethic
ethical
ethically
ethicist
ethos
honour
liberty
motto
principle
principled
propriety
rule-based
script
the rights and wrongsidiom
work ethic

Examples of moralizing

moralizing

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

The tenor of these wedding songs could be either grave and moralizing or mischievous, even lewd.
This was not mere moralizing; it had long-standing legal and customary weight.
Such clumsy moralizing failed to convince his critics, however.
Nevertheless, ethical theorists who are uninterested in specific socio-historical conditions tend to overlook the unavoidable partiality of the moralizing party.
In another light, however, presidential moralizing can be viewed as endemic of the tensions inherent in the plebiscitary presidency.
By praising the good, condemning the bad and warning against evil, it acted as a moralizing force.
In spite of all centralizing and moralizing tendencies, civic liberties were successfully defended, even in a highly contested area like public houses.
Etiquette manuals repeatedly emphasize the mistake of wearing colorful clothing for riding, often with moralizing anecdotes.
Absenteeism was thought to arise from the demand for labour, but the moralizing discourse of the urban middle classes stressed other factors.
We should remember, however, that the moralizing language was as much aimed at the evocation of a certain kind of law as the realization of the values it expressed.
In one important respect, these findings highlight the positive aspects of modern presidential moralizing, emphasizing that modern presidential rhetoric draws its strength from both traditional moral principles and visionary idealism.
Articulating the culturally current association between women and horses, opponents of fashionable dress attempted through moralizing mockery to expose its fatuous character and make clear their own superior sensibilities.
In common with reports by social workers written in this period, the investigations were characterized by unproven allegations, moralizing assumptions, and the reduction of deviant behaviour to biological determinants.
Occasionally, they used progressive language to present their policies as modern, but they often clung to the traditional prison regime based on strict punishment, military discipline, and moralizing lectures.
Scherzinger provides a truly thoughtful and challenging model for theorizing music analysis and gender, vastly more powerful than the moralizing trends in music gender studies he scrupulously critiques.
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