as in to preach
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Recent Examples of moralize
In his hypocrisy and self-centeredness, Grey was like today’s prosperous Californians — moralizing to the world about living responsibly and respecting nature and seeking justice, while denying themselves nothing, and certainly not a nice hillside home with a view.
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Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
Ironically, the play does come with a preachy streak, playing to its crowd with pat-yourself-on-the-back monologues, moralizing with a pause for applause.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Similarly, gays in horror movies could just go camping with their friends — and worry about psycho killers who were just good old-fashioned horror-movie maniacs, instead of moralizing sin hunters or trans people made terrifying.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 June 2024
And in its rule-making, the EU should simplify and streamline, rather than moralize and nitpick.
—Peter Vanham, Fortune Europe, 12 Dec. 2023
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Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2025
Ironically, the play does come with a preachy streak, playing to its crowd with pat-yourself-on-the-back monologues, moralizing with a pause for applause.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Similarly, gays in horror movies could just go camping with their friends — and worry about psycho killers who were just good old-fashioned horror-movie maniacs, instead of moralizing sin hunters or trans people made terrifying.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 June 2024
And in its rule-making, the EU should simplify and streamline, rather than moralize and nitpick.
—Peter Vanham, Fortune Europe, 12 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moralize
Verb
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That’s something that’s preached about.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
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In an era of doubt, gaslighting, and lies, the choir needs preaching, too.—
Nathaniel Moore
September 10,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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For a time she was asked to lecture new volunteers … until she was asked not to.—
Mimi Pond,
People.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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In between all the jokes, the film stops more than once to basically lecture on this sad state of affairs, an admirable Sturges-like approach that gets laid on thick, perhaps too thick to merge successfully with the largely comedic rhythm Ansari has established so well.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Priests could not catechize children, bring the sacraments to the sick, or do pastoral work outside the local churchyard.—
George Weigel,
WSJ,
17 Mar. 2022
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“Moralize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moralize. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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