moralizing

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And then there are “family values,” a whole range of social issues usually related to sexual behavior and typically expressed in censorious, moralizing terms.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

Subsequent moralizing about nuclear weapons, often by the scientists developing them, pales before Roosevelt’s willingness to act on his gut instinct.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

Gillian SteelFisher of the Harvard School of Public Health thinks the agency at times adopted a counterproductive, moralizing tone during the pandemic.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 26, 2024

As a model and mother of three married to model Lucky Blue Smith, she has become the embodiment of luxury fashion meeting its lifestyle counterpart, with only a glint of moralizing.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024

“The greatest moralizing and socializing force of all time.”

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley