[ˈmɒrəlʌɪz], (Verb)

Definitions:
- comment on issues of right and wrong, typically with an unfounded air of superiority
(e.g: the solution to climate change is not to moralize from on high)

- reform the character and conduct of
(e.g: he endeavoured to moralize an immoral society)


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Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘explain the moral meaning of’): from French moraliser or medieval Latin moralizare, from late Latin moralis (see moral)