as in puritanism
a tendency to care a great deal about seemly behavior and morals especially in sexual matters
the moralism that the candidate displays on the campaign trail is seen by some as hypocritical
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The results in places like Burundi, Iraq, and Rwanda were often short-lived and ultimately led to bloodshed.
Avoiding the hard sell will require that liberal states and activists tone down their legalism, moralism, and universalism.
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Jack Snyder, Foreign Affairs, 21 July 2022
Liberal states and activists must tone down their legalism, moralism, and universalism.
—Jack Snyder, Foreign Affairs, 21 July 2022
American culture, after all, tends to treat sleep less as a matter of morality than as an outlet for haphazard moralism.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 12 Oct. 2023
The ethical axis contrasts Ephraim’s rigid Protestant moralism and austerity with Nicholas’s arrogant amorality, which is given a florid, quasi-Nietzschean or even Randian tinge.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2023
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Jack Snyder, Foreign Affairs, 21 July 2022
Liberal states and activists must tone down their legalism, moralism, and universalism.
—Jack Snyder, Foreign Affairs, 21 July 2022
American culture, after all, tends to treat sleep less as a matter of morality than as an outlet for haphazard moralism.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 12 Oct. 2023
The ethical axis contrasts Ephraim’s rigid Protestant moralism and austerity with Nicholas’s arrogant amorality, which is given a florid, quasi-Nietzschean or even Randian tinge.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2023
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“Moralism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moralism. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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