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moralistic, a.|mɒrəˈlɪstɪk|
[f. prec. + -ist.]
Pertaining to or characteristic of a moralist; addicted to moralizing; characterized by moralism.
1865J. Grote Moral Ideals (1876) 108 Those words..by frequent commonplace and moralistic enlarging upon, have lost much of their warmth and force. a1866― Exam. Utilit. Philos. (1870) 34 By the ‘moralistic’ view of life, in a sense slightly depreciatory, I mean such a view of it as is taken by Juvenal in the tenth Satire. 1876Stedman Victorian Poets 242 Several moralistic poets date from this early period—Mitford, Trench, Alford, and others of a like religious mood. 1889Boyd Carpenter Permanent Elem. Relig. vi. 211 Such an action is moralistic rather than moral, for it has not been prompted by the sentiment of goodness. |