moralization
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code
his constant moralizing drove me mad
Types & categories
- philosophizing hypernym
- preachification hyponym
Related & opposite
- sermonize derivation
Sense 2 noun
the act of making moral (or more moral)
for years she worked toward the moralization of English literature
Types & categories
- reform hypernym
Related & opposite
- moralize derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sermonize |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | philosophizing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | preachification |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | moralize |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | reform |