as in to preach
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Recent Examples of moralize
Dissecting private reproductive choices through a collective lens, as the authors do, comes with a high risk of moralizing fertility.
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Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
People who moralize intrinsic motivation often expect it from everyone else.
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Mijeong Kwon,
The Conversation,
25 Nov. 2025
The good guy, the bad guy, the place to sit and reside, to feel right or wrong or righteous or moralized and she's left us quite naked with an incredibly complex detailed topic.
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H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Oct. 2025
One Battle After Another is not sappy or moralizing in that sentiment.
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Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Sep. 2025
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Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
People who moralize intrinsic motivation often expect it from everyone else.
—
Mijeong Kwon,
The Conversation,
25 Nov. 2025
The good guy, the bad guy, the place to sit and reside, to feel right or wrong or righteous or moralized and she's left us quite naked with an incredibly complex detailed topic.
—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Oct. 2025
One Battle After Another is not sappy or moralizing in that sentiment.
—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moralize
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Both gave him a chance to preach about prioritizing prostate health and colonoscopies, a potentially lifesaving message for fans who have grown up with the franchise.
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Parker’s not just preaching to students.
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Some commentators in the United States have taken the opportunity to lecture Europeans, and perhaps even indulge in a little schadenfreude.
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The work, then, is not to lecture communities into trusting us.
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“Moralize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moralize. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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