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Noun: moralisation  ,mor-u-lu'zey-shun [N. Amer], ,mó-ru-lI'zey-shun [Brit]
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: moralization)
  1. The act of making moral (or more moral)
    "for years she worked toward the moralisation of English literature";
    - moralization
     
  2. Indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code
    "His constant moralisation about others' behaviour became tiresome";
    - moralizing, moralization, moralising [Brit]

Derived forms: moralisations

Type of: philosophising [Brit], philosophizing, reform

Encyclopedia: Moralisation