Moralize

Word MORALIZE
Character 8
Hyphenation mor al ize
Pronunciations /ˈmɒ.ɹə.laɪz/

Definitions and meanings of "Moralize"

What do we mean by moralize?

To think about or express moral judgments or reflections. intransitive verb

To interpret or explain the moral meaning of. intransitive verb

To improve the morals of; reform. intransitive verb

To apply to a moral purpose, or to explain in a moral sense; draw a moral from; found moral reflections on.

To supply with a moral or practical lesson; furnish with edifying examples.

To exemplify the moral of: as, to moralize a fable.

To render moral; give a moral character to.

To affect strongly the moral or religious sense of; bring into a state of intense moral or religious feeling.

To make moral reflections; draw practical lessons from the facts of life.

To have an influence, especially a beneficial influence, on morals.

Also spelled moralise.

To make moral reflections; to regard acts and events as involving a moral. intransitive verb

To lecture to a person in a manner asserting moral principles. intransitive verb

To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from. transitive verb

To furnish with moral lessons, teachings, or examples; to lend a moral to. transitive verb

To render moral; to correct the morals of. transitive verb

To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse. transitive verb

To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from. verb

To furnish with moral lessons, teachings, or examples; to lend a moral to. verb

To render moral; to correct the morals of. verb

To make moral reflections (on, upon, about or over something); to regard acts and events as involving a moral.

To say (something) expressing a moral reflection or judgment.

To render moral; to correct the morals of; to give the appearance of morality to.

To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse.

To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.

To supply with moral lessons, teachings, or examples; to lend a moral to.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Moralize

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The word "moralize" in example sentences

Two stanzas in English moralize the situation, and for our present purpose may be ignored. ❋ William Allan Neilson (1907)

This tendency to thrift is strongest in boys, and both sexes often show the tendency to moralize, that is so strong in the early teens. ❋ G. Stanley Hall (1885)

The bottom line: stop funding attempts to "moralize" men and fund effective prevention programs that meet men, women and young people where they are. ❋ Serra Sippel (2010)

(He seems to be using "moralize" in a sense that makes it a good thing, something like a "critique" of human behavior.) ❋ Unknown (2008)

We "moralize" not by denying the existence of the monster, but by rationalizing to ourselves that it is only under extreme, exceptional conditions that the monster emerges (even while admitting the monster is always there). ❋ Unknown (2007)

Susan Silas' series of photographed dead birds in various states of decay presents a singular case in point once we explore how the artist's brightly illuminated, exquisitely feathered corpses take on a surprisingly cathartic function in our need to mourn and to moralize. ❋ G. Roger Denson (2011)

And then there was the question about that question: was it dangerous, perhaps immoral, even to ask the question, because such discussion undermined the credibility of the deterrent threat by depicting the possibility that a nuclear power would dither and moralize—and perhaps not retaliate? ❋ Ron Rosenbaum (2011)

The Guardian is uniquely unqualified to moralize on this subject, having so happily published Brooker's disgraceful "Screen Burn" John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, John Hinckley, Jr. - where are you now that we need you? ❋ Unknown (2011)

He wants to moralize without the minister mantle that paints him, he told CT, as ....... the token religious candidate, that the only reason I was in the race was to advance my own personal, spiritual agenda, which was ridiculous. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Democrats, as opposed to Republicans like this clown, don't generally moralize about family values. lovable liberal ❋ Unknown (2009)

Nick Beaudrot on how to un-demoralize (re-moralize?) the base: ❋ Unknown (2010)

Choices that would typically be framed in a way that allows the audience to moralize when individuals make them are no one else's business when they take place within a family unit. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He did not formulate the law in clear, set terms and moralize about it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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