Definitions for moralism

moralism mor·al·ism

Spelling: [mawr-uh-liz-uh m, mor-]
IPA: /ˈmɔr əˌlɪz əm, ˈmɒr-/

Moralism is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 301 anagrams from letters in moralism (ailmmors).

Definitions for moralism

noun

  1. the habit of moralizing.
  2. a moral maxim.
  3. emphasis, especially undue emphasis, on morality.
  4. the practice of morality, as distinct from religion.

Origin of moralism

First recorded in 1820-30; moral + -ism

Examples for moralism

There is, to be sure, something wonderful about the Jewish outsider-ness, the irony and the moralism.

How should moralism, that frowns on this wicked world, be reconciled with pantheism and optimism, that hug it to their bosom?

moralism is usually identified as belief in good behavior as a source of life.

The Madea films thrive on an ugly mix of minstrelsy and moralism.

moralism is perhaps the most widespread of all the concepts that we are now discussing.

moralism and an apology for evil could thus be reconciled and merged in the praises of tragic experience.

Both facts again are ultimately to be explained from their moralism.

But, admitting this, the determination of the highest good itself involved rationalism and moralism.

Thus the “moralism” sometimes traced in Hermas is apparent rather than real, for he has a deep sense of the enabling grace of God.

moralism, a sound name in itself, is under Evangelical condemnation as "mere morality."

Word Value for moralism
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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