MORALISM Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

moralism

noun

ˈmȯr-ə-ˌli-zəm

as in puritanism

a tendency to care a great deal about seemly behavior and morals especially in sexual matters the moralism that the candidate displays on the campaign trail is seen by some as hypocritical

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Recent Examples of moralism The results in places like Burundi, Iraq, and Rwanda were often short-lived and ultimately led to bloodshed. Avoiding the hard sell will require that liberal states and activists tone down their legalism, moralism, and universalism. —

Jack Snyder, Foreign Affairs, 21 July 2022 Liberal states and activists must tone down their legalism, moralism, and universalism. —

Jack Snyder, Foreign Affairs, 21 July 2022 American culture, after all, tends to treat sleep less as a matter of morality than as an outlet for haphazard moralism. —

Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 12 Oct. 2023 The ethical axis contrasts Ephraim’s rigid Protestant moralism and austerity with Nicholas’s arrogant amorality, which is given a florid, quasi-Nietzschean or even Randian tinge. —

Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2023 See all Example Sentences for moralism