Sentence examples for the moralistic from inspiring English sources
adjective
Characteristic of or relating to a narrow-minded concern of the morals of others; self-righteous
- She was glad to escape her judgmental and moralistic parents.
The moralistic ones are even more tempting.
The most famous champion of the moralistic view of art in modern times is Tolstoy.
There is none of the moralistic sense of good guys replacing bad guys".
The moralistic tone of the speech also made some Europeans squirm.
In the Louvre there's an ancient Roman statue traditionally said to represent the moralistic writer Seneca.
The moralistic, punitive tone of much of the fertility debate hasn't helped.
In recent years, however, the moralistic lexicon of food seems to have expanded.
He refused to regard "the humorous, the moralistic, and the sad" as separate values.
The moralistic and aesthetic positions are extremes, and the truth is likely to be found somewhere between them.
At the same time, the moralistic appeal to child safety seems to assume that this end justifies any means.
Plato is the first champion in the Western world of the moralistic view of art at least in the Republic and the Laws.
