moralism

== English == === Etymology === From French moralisme. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɒɹəlɪzm/ === Noun === moralism (usually uncountable, plural moralisms) (uncountable, often derogatory) The act or practice of moralizing (making moral reflections or judging the morality of others). 1937, Helen Foster Snow (as Nym Wales), “The Modern Chinese Literary Movement” in Edgar Snow (ed.), Living China: Modern Chinese Short Stories, New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, p. 337,[1] The Romantic movement […] struggled for ‘art for art’s sake’ against the old moralism and didacticism […] 2011, Donald Weinstein, Savonarola: The Rise and Fall of a Renaissance Prophet, New Haven: Yale University Press, Chapter 1, p. 8,[2] Reared by conventionally pious parents, Girolamo also imbibed more than a little of his grandfather’s dour moralism along with his Latin lessons, Bible studies, and Saint Thomas. (countable, often derogatory) A maxim or saying believed by the speaker to embody a moral truth; an instance of moralizing. (uncountable, dated) Religious practice that focuses on morality while placing little emphasis on doctrine or the metaphysical; adherence to a system of morality with little or no reference to religion. ==== Synonyms ==== (moralizing): moralizing ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== amoralism immoralism moralise, moralize moralist moralistic ==== Translations ==== == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French moralisme. === Noun === moralism n (uncountable) moralism ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Noun === moralism c (often derogatory) moralism ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== moral === References === “moralism”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “moralism”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “moralism”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)