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moralizing
Variant of moralize
intransitive verb moralized, moralizing
to think, write, or speak about matters of right and wrong, often in a self-righteous or tedious way
transitive verb
- to interpret or explain in terms of right and wrong
- to point out the moral in or draw a moral from
- to improve the morals of
Related Forms:
- moralization noun
- moralizer noun
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