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the act of making moral (or more moral)
for years she worked toward the moralization of English literature -
indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code
his constant moralizing drove me mad
How To Use moralization In A Sentence
- So on this line of thought, the anti-social behavior of young people in this category derives from their "demoralization" -- their failure, or society's failure, to absorb a compelling set of normative standards about personal and social conduct. Disaffected youth
- But when you put the escalation next to Obama's wavering on the public option; next to his broken promises of transparency; next to his stances on the Patriot Act and Gitmo; next to his full-on abandonment of his NAFTA pledges -- well, you get the kind of demoralization that Kos's new poll shows. David Sirota: The Demoralized Democratic Base
- Once a fateful decision has been taken, an open mind becomes a luxury because any reappraisal may result in confused orders and demoralization.
- The guard allocated to her had removed all her make-up kit from her handbag, a subtle attempt at demoralization.
- Two trucks, four families, demoralization, that is what the abstraction called an economy is all about. The BudgetRule of Law vs. Rule of Man
- And you will also find, if you ever have the sense or courage to look the facts of modern history in the face, that those two itches, for the pot and the pipe, have been the roots of every other demoralization of the filthiest and literally 'scurviest' sort among Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds
- As for the so-called demoralization of the present day, this latter class are inclined to laugh at the croakers who look at things that way. Heart and Soul by Maveric Post
- The general demoralization of Soviet society during the Brezhnev period affected the militia also and by the 1980s widespread corruption was reported.
- his inconsistency resulted in the demoralization of his staff
- These unhealthy developments have led to thorough demoralization in the bureaucracy, rampant indiscipline and all round inefficiency.
