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moralistic

[mawr-uh-lis-tik, mor-] / ˌmɔr əˈlɪs tɪk, ˌmɒr- /












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There’s a difference between films that pat themselves on the back for their didactic lessons and films that use simple moralistic terms to help as many people understand their messaging as quickly as possible.

From Salon Jun. 13, 2026

Biopics are “an exasperating genre,” Variety wrote, smushing some of “the planet’s most unorthodox personalities into a reductive, overly moralistic mold.”

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 30, 2025

It’s at the Venn diagram of a Saturday morning cartoon and a moralistic Greek myth.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2025

They have gone instead for chilly, moralistic and cautionary.

From New York Times Jan. 31, 2024

Jefferson’s highly moralistic language castigating George III and the English government in the Declaration of Independence was not just propaganda, at least for Jefferson.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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