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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code;
- Example: "his constant moralizing drove me mad"
[syn: moralizing, moralization, moralisation]

2. the act of making moral (or more moral);
- Example: "for years she worked toward the moralization of English literature"
[syn: moralization, moralisation]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Moralization \Mor`al*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. moralisation.]
   1. The act of moralizing; moral reflections or discourse.
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   2. Explanation in a moral sense. --T. Warton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

moralization
    n 1: indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often
         superficially) of a particular moral code; "his constant
         moralizing drove me mad" [syn: moralizing,
         moralization, moralisation]
    2: the act of making moral (or more moral); "for years she
       worked toward the moralization of English literature" [syn:
       moralization, moralisation]