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单词 moralistic
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Definition of moralistic in English:

moralistic

adjective mɒrəˈlɪstɪk
  • Overfond of making moral judgements about others' behaviour; too ready to moralize.

    a moralistic stance on advertising
    modernized fairy tales are often moralistic and cleaned up
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Fertility behaviour was consequently interpreted in a conservative and moralistic way, and the decline in the birth-rate was attributed to the ‘selfishness of women’.
    • He gave them a brief history of his culture and explained his heritage before telling traditional native stories, complete with moralistic values.
    • We need to have more debate and action about the real issues rather than another moralistic and ultimately fruitless debate.
    • I am very concerned about moral issues but I hope in a non - moralistic way.
    • I detest any attempt to sell science for political or moralistic ends.
    • Whatever their true motivations, there can be little doubt that the company is adopting an increasingly moralistic stance toward its customers, and internet users in general.
    • Having inflexible, overly moralistic policies for dealing with those who deal in drugs may be unrealistic in this environment if there are other priorities.
    • But if he wants to be so moralistic, shouldn't his ministers also behave morally?
    • I'd lay bets that her upbringing was rigid and moralistic.
    • As might have been expected by anybody outside the blinkered world of health promotion, moralistic anti-smoking propaganda directed at adolescents has proved counterproductive.

Derivatives

  • moralistically

  • adverb mɒrəˈlɪstɪk(ə)liˌmɔrəˈlɪstək(ə)li
    • But if lying is moralistically wrong, how can it ever be justified?
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This fabricated nonsense is just the type of untruth that paints the image of our office as being a moralistically hostile environment.
      • I don't think it's "illegal" but it's moralistically incorrect.

Definition of moralistic in US English:

moralistic

adjectiveˈˌmôrəˈlistik
  • Overfond of making moral judgements about others' behavior; too ready to moralize.

    a moralistic stance on advertising
    modernized fairy tales are often moralistic and cleaned up
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I'd lay bets that her upbringing was rigid and moralistic.
    • I am very concerned about moral issues but I hope in a non - moralistic way.
    • As might have been expected by anybody outside the blinkered world of health promotion, moralistic anti-smoking propaganda directed at adolescents has proved counterproductive.
    • Having inflexible, overly moralistic policies for dealing with those who deal in drugs may be unrealistic in this environment if there are other priorities.
    • We need to have more debate and action about the real issues rather than another moralistic and ultimately fruitless debate.
    • Whatever their true motivations, there can be little doubt that the company is adopting an increasingly moralistic stance toward its customers, and internet users in general.
    • Fertility behaviour was consequently interpreted in a conservative and moralistic way, and the decline in the birth-rate was attributed to the ‘selfishness of women’.
    • He gave them a brief history of his culture and explained his heritage before telling traditional native stories, complete with moralistic values.
    • But if he wants to be so moralistic, shouldn't his ministers also behave morally?
    • I detest any attempt to sell science for political or moralistic ends.
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