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moralising

verb

Meaning

  1. To make moral reflections (on, upon, about or over something); to regard acts and events as involving a moral.
  2. To say (something) expressing a moral reflection or judgment.
  3. To render moral; to correct the morals of; to give the appearance of morality to.
  4. To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse.
  5. To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.
  6. To supply with moral lessons, teachings, or examples; to lend a moral to.
  7. The behaviour of one who moralizes.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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