moralistic in English

adjective

['mɔrə'lɪstɪk /'mɒ-]

of a moralist; characterized by ethical values; virtuous

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1. Allegories are used in storytelling to communicate something symbolic — whether it be moralistic or political

2. Some readers may give them a moralistic spin, arguing that they prove something essential about gay men or homosexuality or promiscuity.

3. There is no overarching structure, no membership protocols, no moralistic Browbeatings, no predefined set of standards that BRI participants need …

4. Hayyei `Olam (Eternal Life) - a moralistic and admonitory text by R. Jonah Gerondi, a prominent Spanish sage of the XIIIth century.

5. The resolution provides a great deal of moralistic and paternalistic advice for the Burundi leadership, the leaders of the factions and its neighbours.

6. Soon after, Hogarth published his second series of satirical and moralistic images, A Rake's Progress, followed ten years later by Marriage à-la-mode.

7. There is no overarching structure, no membership protocols, no moralistic Browbeatings, no predefined set of standards that BRI participants need to uphold in unison Each country or bloc

8. An agent or action that harms or ruins the value or success of something: "the heavy-handed, moralistic parenting that was the Blight of the traditional family" (Theodore Roszack).