moralizing

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Moralizing has often been used as a way to exclude, to scold and to discipline, “wrongly imposing our ‘personal’ choices and ways of seeing onto others.”

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2021

Moralizing and wish fulfillment aside, history teaches that cinema and art need not be synonyms.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2019

New York Times, Stop Moralizing About Single Mothers No, their households are not always sad and falling apart.

From Slate • Jul. 16, 2012

Moralizing thus, he became drowsy, and was almost asleep when the train drew up at the station of Kirkmichael.

From Huntingtower by Buchan, John

Moralizing is either an unnecessary and unwelcome injunction to be or to do good, or it is an apology for a lesson that in and of itself drives home no message.

From Principles of Teaching by Bennion, Adam S.