moralizing in English

verb
1
comment on issues of right and wrong, typically with an unfounded air of superiority.
the self-righteous moralizing of his aunt was ringing in his ears
synonyms:pontificatesermonizelecturepreach
noun
  • moralisationmoralization
verb

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1. Antonyms for Bastardizing include elevating, ennobling, uplifting, appreciating, cleaning, cleansing, improving, moralising, moralizing and praising

2. Antonyms for Animalizing include cleaning, elevating, honoring, honouring, improving, moralising, moralizing, praising, purifying and upgrading

3. Bestiary definition is - a medieval allegorical or moralizing work on the appearance and habits of real or imaginary animals

4. Bestiaries, collections of moralizing descriptions of animals both real and legendary, were among the most popular books of the 1100s and 1200s

5. ‘Cynicism about the potential for policy to make a difference is widespread.’ ‘But today, the combination of American moralizing at home and Cynicism abroad could severely harm relations between Europe and the United States.’

6. These means do not embody mere "vague Antimodernistic opposition" or fear, but rather the results of "modernity having become reflective." Moralizing human nature thus seeks to protect, not human nature as such, but "the conditions under which the practical self-understanding of modernity may be preserved." (12)

7. ‘His poetic emblem books in particular, written in Alexandrine verse and with a moralizing tone, brought him international renown.’ ‘His earlier work tends to be written in traditional rhymed quatrains but, as he matured, he dropped the rhymes and worked in a freer but still basically Alexandrine movement.’