moralism

(môrəl iz′əm, mär-)

noun

  1. moral teaching; moralizing
  2. a moral maxim
  3. belief in or practice of a system of ethics apart from religion

See moralism in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A conventional moral maxim or attitude.
  2. The act or practice of moralizing.
  3. Often undue concern for morality.

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