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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That roughing in of a few sharper edges parallels the addition of Victorian moralism to the animal world.
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Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
And, along with its hearty sentiment, Cukor delivers a strong repudiation of provincial American moralism.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
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
But George Eliot was intensely sincere in both her agnosticism and her moralism.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
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Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
And, along with its hearty sentiment, Cukor delivers a strong repudiation of provincial American moralism.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
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
But George Eliot was intensely sincere in both her agnosticism and her moralism.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
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“Moralism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moralism. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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