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Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social aims in mind: prepare to take on one's share in the world's work, and perhaps in addition, lend a hand in improving society, after schooling is done.
Jacques Barzun

Meaning of "moralize" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MORALIZE

moralize  [ˈmɒrəˌlaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MORALIZE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Moralize is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb moralize in English.

WHAT DOES MORALIZE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

moralize

Morality

Morality is the differentiation of intentions, decisions, and actions between those that are "good" and those that are "bad". Morality can be a body of standards or principles derived from a code of conduct from a particular philosophy, religion, culture, etc., or it can derive from a standard that a person believes should be universal. Morality may also be specifically synonymous with "goodness" or "rightness." Immorality is the active opposition to morality, while amorality is variously defined as an unawareness of, indifference toward, or disbelief in any set of moral standards or principles. Moral philosophy includes moral ontology, or the origin of morals, as well as moral epistemology, or what we know about morals. Different systems of expressing morality have been proposed, including deontological ethical systems which adhere to a set of established rules, and normative ethical systems which consider the merits of actions themselves. An example of normative ethical philosophy is the Golden Rule which states that, "One should treat others as one would like others to treat oneself."...

Definition of moralize in the English dictionary

The first definition of moralize in the dictionary is to make moral pronouncements. Other definition of moralize is to interpret or explain in a moral sense. Moralize is also to improve the morals of.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MORALIZE

PRESENT

Present
I moralize
you moralize
he/she/it moralizes
we moralize
you moralize
they moralize
Present continuous
I am moralizing
you are moralizing
he/she/it is moralizing
we are moralizing
you are moralizing
they are moralizing
Present perfect
I have moralized
you have moralized
he/she/it has moralized
we have moralized
you have moralized
they have moralized
Present perfect continuous
I have been moralizing
you have been moralizing
he/she/it has been moralizing
we have been moralizing
you have been moralizing
they have been moralizing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I moralized
you moralized
he/she/it moralized
we moralized
you moralized
they moralized
Past continuous
I was moralizing
you were moralizing
he/she/it was moralizing
we were moralizing
you were moralizing
they were moralizing
Past perfect
I had moralized
you had moralized
he/she/it had moralized
we had moralized
you had moralized
they had moralized
Past perfect continuous
I had been moralizing
you had been moralizing
he/she/it had been moralizing
we had been moralizing
you had been moralizing
they had been moralizing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will moralize
you will moralize
he/she/it will moralize
we will moralize
you will moralize
they will moralize
Future continuous
I will be moralizing
you will be moralizing
he/she/it will be moralizing
we will be moralizing
you will be moralizing
they will be moralizing
Future perfect
I will have moralized
you will have moralized
he/she/it will have moralized
we will have moralized
you will have moralized
they will have moralized
Future perfect continuous
I will have been moralizing
you will have been moralizing
he/she/it will have been moralizing
we will have been moralizing
you will have been moralizing
they will have been moralizing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would moralize
you would moralize
he/she/it would moralize
we would moralize
you would moralize
they would moralize
Conditional continuous
I would be moralizing
you would be moralizing
he/she/it would be moralizing
we would be moralizing
you would be moralizing
they would be moralizing
Conditional perfect
I would have moralize
you would have moralize
he/she/it would have moralize
we would have moralize
you would have moralize
they would have moralize
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been moralizing
you would have been moralizing
he/she/it would have been moralizing
we would have been moralizing
you would have been moralizing
they would have been moralizing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you moralize
we let´s moralize
you moralize
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to moralize
Past participle
moralized
Present Participle
moralizing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MORALIZE


centralize
ˈsɛntrəˌlaɪz
decentralize
diːˈsɛntrəˌlaɪz
demineralize
diːˈmɪnərəˌlaɪz
demoralize
dɪˈmɒrəˌlaɪz
federalise
ˈfɛdərəˌlaɪz
federalize
ˈfɛdərəˌlaɪz
generalize
ˈdʒɛnrəˌlaɪz
hydrolyse
ˈhaɪdrəˌlaɪz
hydrolyze
ˈhaɪdrəˌlaɪz
liberalize
ˈlɪbərəˌlaɪz
mineralize
ˈmɪnərəˌlaɪz
naturalize
ˈnætʃrəˌlaɪz
neutralize
ˈnjuːtrəˌlaɪz
overgeneralize
ˌəʊvəˈdʒenrəˌlaɪz
paralyse
ˈpærəˌlaɪz
pluralise
ˈplʊərəˌlaɪz
pluralize
ˈplʊərəˌlaɪz
remineralize
riːˈmɪnərəˌlaɪz
supernaturalize
ˌsuːpəˈnætʃərəˌlaɪz
unnaturalize
ʌnˈnætʃərəˌlaɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MORALIZE

moral theology
moral victory
morale
morale booster
morale-boosting
moralisation
moraliser
moralising
moralism
moralist
moralistic
moralistically
moralities
morality
morality play
moralization
moralizer
moralizing
morally
morals

WORDS THAT END LIKE MORALIZE

Belize
capitalize
contextualize
crystalize
decriminalize
finalize
immortalize
initialize
legalize
localize
marginalize
materialize
nationalize
normalize
personalize
realize
revitalize
socialize
specialize
vandalize
visualize

Synonyms and antonyms of moralize in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «moralize» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MORALIZE

Find out the translation of moralize to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of moralize from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «moralize» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

说教
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

moralizar
570 millions of speakers

English

moralize
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

moralize
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أخلاق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

морализировать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

moralizar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নৈতিক উদ্দেশ্যে প্রয়োগ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

moraliser
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Beragama
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

moralisieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

道徳
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

moralize
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Moralize
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giảng ​​luân lý
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தர்ம உபதேசம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नैतिकपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ahlâk öğretmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

moralizzare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

moralizować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

моралізувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

moralizator
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ηθικολογούν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

zedenles
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

moralisera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

moralisere
5 millions of speakers

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MORALIZE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about moralize

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2 QUOTES WITH «MORALIZE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word moralize.
1
Jacques Barzun
Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social aims in mind: prepare to take on one's share in the world's work, and perhaps in addition, lend a hand in improving society, after schooling is done.
2
Jonah Goldberg
If we say that anyone who 'moralizes' must be perfect morally then we are in effect saying no one can moralize.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MORALIZE»

Discover the use of moralize in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to moralize and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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King Richard III. King Henry VIII. Coriolanus
Thus, like the formal vice, Iniquity, \ \4sJ I moralize two meanings in one word 7. i i J , Prince. 5 As 'twere retail'd to all severity,] Retail'd may signisy diffused, dispersed. Jonnso*. Minshew in his Dictionary, 1617, hesides che verb retail 'in the ...
William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, Samuel Johnson, 1794
2
Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, ...
Good and bad stars moralize not our actions. Brown's Chr. Mor. — The goodnels of actions is never to be estimated merely by the degree of enthuiiastick heat and ardor that is in them, but by such other laws and circumstances as moralize ...
‎1817
3
The Plays of William Shakespeare in Eight Volumes: With the ...
I. Aside. Prince. i Thus like the formal Vice, Iniquity, / moralize two Meanings in one fVord.] By Vice, the Author means not a Quality but a Person. There was hardly an old Play, till the Period of the Reformation, which had not in it a Devil, and a ...
William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, 1765
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The Works of William Shakespeare
70. moralize: I pray thee, moralize (expound, interpret the latent meaning of) them , 166; I moralize two meanings in one word (“signifies either 'extract the double and latent meaning of one word or sentence,' or 'couch two meanings under ...
William Shakespeare, Alexander Dyce, 1867
5
The Anatomy of Fraud and Corruption: Organizational Causes ...
Moralize! The word 'moralize' may carry some unpleasant associations. Bigoted and narrow-minded individuals moralize over the behaviour of other people. To moralize is to criticize, wanting other people to be ashamed and to feel guilt.
Ms Veronica Morino, Tomas Brytting, Mr Richard Minogue, 2012
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A General Dictionary of the English Language
v. n. To moralize, to make moral reflections. Not used. MORALIST, md/-ral-list. s. One who teaches the duties of life. MORALITY, morality. f. The doctrine of the duties of life, ethics ; the form of an. action which makes it the subject of reward or  ...
Thomas Sheridan, 1780
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: King Henry VI, ...
To accommodate the next line to his reading, he altered the punctuation of it thus: like the formal-wife antiquity, I moralize ; — two meanings in one word, which has been adopted, I think, improperly, by the subsequent editors, who yet did not ...
William Shakespeare, 1790
8
Divided in Unity: Identity, Germany, and the Berlin Police
Westerners systematically moralize the former GDR from a particular vantage point: they moralize the GDR on the basis of a juxtaposition between an authoritarian regime and a suppressed people; that is, they moralize the state from without ...
Andreas Glaeser, 2000
9
The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and ...
... other words at the beginning of it, of a different import from those he had uttered — This is the equivocation that Gloster really made use of, though it does not correspond with his own description of it: I moralize — two meanings in one word.
William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, George Steevens, 1808
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes : with ...
I moralize — two meanings in one word. Word is not here taken in its literal sense , but means a saying, a short sentence, as motto does in Italian, and bon-mot in French.— So, in Jonfon's Every man out of bis Humour, Puntarvolo fays, " Let the  ...
William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson, 1793

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MORALIZE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term moralize is used in the context of the following news items.
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Duggars Insist It Is "God's Plan" For Them To Have A TV Show
Sorry, but no one who has ever sexually harassed anyone with a falafel gets to moralize to me about anything. If you are going to make a living ... «The Frisky, Jul 15»
2
Book Release: Baron Of Broad Street
“El Nukoya is driven to educate and to moralize but also, perhaps above all, to entertain. With this, his second novel, he succeeds in doing all ... «The News, Jul 15»
3
Amy Schumer Way Too Conventional in 'Trainwreck'
There is so much potential here, but most of it is lost in the need to “moralize” the Amy Schumer image. All of her edge is dulled to butter knife ... «HollywoodChicago.com, Jul 15»
4
Quit blaming the snake
Predictable, within moments of the SCOTUS decision on gay marriage, the sidewalk preacher and coffee shop evangelist began to moralize ... «Newnan Times-Herald, Jul 15»
5
JP Devine Movie Review: 'AMY' the long ride down
He doesn't preach or moralize. He reports. Asif scooped up the thousands of words, photos, videos from family and friends, snaps and shots ... «Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel, Jul 15»
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Bill Cosby's Moralizing Made a Judge Unseal Secret Drug Testimony
If Bill Cosby had resisted the urge to moralize, the 2005 deposition obtained this week by the Associated Press might have never come to light. «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
7
When Rioting Is the Answer
... who have not experienced 400 years of anti-black violence have a right to moralize on the black community's expressions of grief and rage. «TIME, Jul 15»
8
The Srebrenica Genocide and Loss of Respect for the United Nations
Its leaders moralize, while covering up corruption and other misdeeds in their own ranks. They operate on the assumption that “international ... «Canada Free Press, Jul 15»
9
Migration's Miseries
In the case of this challenge, an appetite to moralize distorts its magnitude and its cause. The attempt to redefine the problem is also expressed ... «Patriot Post, Jul 15»
10
Maquis FC Board Confirms Stoppage of Work
... spirit they had to train all this time without wages and game prizes, and there are no more words to sensitize and moralize the footballers. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»

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