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单词 moralizing
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moralizingn.

Brit. /ˈmɒrəlʌɪzɪŋ/, /ˈmɒrl̩ʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɔrəˌlaɪzɪŋ/
Forms: see moralize v. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moralize v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < moralize v. + -ing suffix1.
1. The action of explaining the moral meaning of a narrative; a moralizing commentary or interpretation; a moral.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > plot > moral > act of explaining
moralizingc1422
c1422 T. Hoccleve Tale of Jerelaus (Durh.) in Minor Poems (1970) i. 174 Where is the moralizynge, y yow preye?
1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Mythologie A declaration of fables, an expounding or moralizing upon a tale.
1727–36 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. at Fabulation The moralizing of fables.
1892 F. J. Furnivall Hoccleve's Minor Poems 175 (running title) Jereslaus's Wife. The Moralizing of the Story.
1990 G. Claridge et al. Sounds from Bell Jar 67 The friend..looks over Hoccleve's work (a translation from the Gesta Romanorum), and goes home to fetch him a better copy, including the moralising of the tale which Hoccleve's copy lacks.
2. The discussion of moral questions or aspects; (now) esp. the action of making moral judgements; an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [noun] > moral reflection
moralizing1592
moralization1795
moralling1890
society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > [noun] > edification > application to
moralization1447
moralizing1592
improvement1603
sermonizing1796
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Bodl. copy) Ep. to Printer sig. 2 v In this moralizing age, wherein euery one seekes to shew himselfe a Polititian by mis-interpreting.
1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccxcvi. 258 And let there be No Moralizing in the Pulpit upon the Fable.
1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. i. 32 But to leave Moralizing,..I go on with my Story.
1794 M. J. Holroyd Let. in Girlhood M. J. Holroyd (1896) 301 I gave Louisa a good scouting for indulging her moralizing turn.
1870 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Fireside Stories xxviii It will be seen by these edifying moralisings how eminently scriptural was the course of Sam's mind.
1894 T. H. Huxley Evol. & Ethics 26 The moralizing of sentimentalists.
1939 Canad. Forum Aug. 166/1 There is also a deplorable display of fuzzy moralizing which is distinctly out of place.
1978 J. E. Powell Let. 21 June in J. E. Powell Refl.Statesman (1991) 577 I am one of..an increasing number who find the portentous moralisings of A. Solzhenitsyn a bore.
1995 Times 19 Dec. 17/6 Mr Johnson's references to ‘prudishness’, ‘piety’ and ‘prurience’ seem to indicate that he believes all discussions of sexuality require a heavy dose of moralising.
3. The action of making a person or thing moral. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > [noun] > improvement in moral condition
moralizing1677
moralization1848
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. Pref. There are many excellent Philosophemes and Notions..which..may be of great use..for the moralising of persons and republics.
1693 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. III. 327 Such Studies as signify little or nothing, to the Moralizing of their Minds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

moralizingadj.

Brit. /ˈmɒrəlʌɪzɪŋ/, /ˈmɒrl̩ʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɔrəˌlaɪzɪŋ/
Forms: see moralize v. and -ing suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moralize v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < moralize v. + -ing suffix2.
That moralizes (in various senses).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > criticism > [adjective] > addicted to moralizing
moralizing1723
moralistic1876
judgemental1940
society > education > teaching > instilling ideas > [adjective] > edifying > moralizing or moralized
moralized1498
moralizing1723
moralizable1916
society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > [adjective] > making moral or improving
moralizing1869
1723 J. Robe Fatal Legacy Prol. p. xi The moralizing Sage, With rigid Maxims swells the labour'd Page.
1802 Gentleman's Mag. 72 338 Pedestrians (under which name the moralizing travellers of the present day are well described).
1816 Brief Remarks Eng. Manners 79 A nation of moralizing, thinking people.
1825 R. Southey Tale of Paraguay iii. xx A land Which..should one day Take up from thence his moralizing lay.
1869 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. European Morals (1880) I. ii. 291 We find a society almost absolutely destitute of moralising institutions.
1902 J. H. Rose Life Napoleon I xii. 295 He [sc. the legislator] will turn by preference to education as a more potent moralizing agency.
1904 Speaker 23 Apr. 93/1 Thackeray and the other moralising theorists were wrong.
1994 H. Bloom Western Canon ii. iv. 112 Moralizing critics are no fonder of the Wife of Bath than they are of her only child, Sir John Falstaff.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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