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Noun: moralization  ,mor-u-lu'zey-shun [N. Amer], ,mó-ru-lI'zey-shun [Brit]
  1. Indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code
    - moralizing, moralisation [Brit], moralising [Brit]
     
  2. The act of making moral (or more moral)
    "for years she worked toward the moralization of English literature";
    - moralisation [Brit]

Derived forms: moralizations

Type of: philosophising [Brit], philosophizing, reform

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