Definition of Moralistic

1. Adjective. Narrowly and conventionally moral.

Similar to: Moral
Derivative terms: Moralism, Moralism, Morality, Morality

Definition of Moralistic

1. Adjective. Characteristic of or relating to a narrow-minded concern of the morals of others; self-righteous ¹

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Definition of Moralistic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moralistic

moral turpitude
morale
morale-boosting
morale booster
morale builder
morale building
morales
moralisation
moralise
moralised
moralises
moralising
moralism
moralisms
moralist
moralistic
moralistic therapeutic deism
moralistically
moralists
moralities
morality
morality play
moralization
moralizations
moralize
moralized
moralizer
moralizers
moralizes
moralizing

Literary usage of Moralistic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Oriental Tale in England in the Eighteenth Century by Martha Pike Conant (1908)
"CHAPTER II THE Moralistic GROUP IP among the imaginative tales there are some that approach the moralistic, on the other hand there are among the moralistic ..."

2. A History of Aesthetic by Bernard Bosanquet (1904)
"In other words, it follows that morally the representations of art Moralistic I. If artistic representation is related to man 1 Plato, Sophist, 266 D. Ar., ..."

3. Recent Advances in Theistic Philosophy of Religion by James Lindsay (1897)
"It cannot be said to be wanting in just and intense admiration of what Kant did for the moralistic theory of religion, which he held we must guard as the ..."

4. The Idea of God in the Light of Recent Philosophy: The Gifford Lectures by Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison (1920)
"The world we know is a ' moralistic and epic kind of universe ', the hall-mark of which is progress through effort. Absolutism alone, he admits, ..."

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