He could not stand her hectoring moralism. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The gerrymandering cases rested on what could be called the moralism of appearances. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
I think you are right that Potter’s moralism is pretty empty compared to Anderson’s. From Wordnik.com. [Bad on Bad | Her Bad Mother] Reference
Leaders could not expect police or hostages to risk their lives for the kind of moralism Schreiber advocates. From Wordnik.com. [Tolerating Terrorism] Reference
This position is sometimes called ˜legal moralism™. From Wordnik.com. [Pornography and Censorship] Reference
And they don't want to set too high a stand of moralism here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - CNN Late Edition: Exactly How Big Should the Federal Tax Cut Be?; How Should Clinton be Penalized for Pardoning Marc Rich, if at All? - February 18, 2001] Reference
Your snarky moralism does not seem to deal with this question. From Wordnik.com. [Durbin: We Still Won't Seat Burris] Reference
America was intended to be an outpost of the strictest moralism. From Wordnik.com. [Bono On Bono]
At the same time, he recognized that moralism was insufficient. From Wordnik.com. [Obama and McCain's foreign policy] Reference
He was the first man of the right to leaven his moralism with jokes. From Wordnik.com. [David Bromwich: William Safire: Wars Made Out of Words] Reference
It was said earlier that Devlin's moralism is in Hart's terms of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Limits of Law] Reference
In his bones, he was a rare and potent mix of moralism and toughness. From Wordnik.com. [The Family's Real Legacy] Reference
The moralism of the right folded under its own mistakes and missteps. From Wordnik.com. [Jack Healey: The New Non-Human Rights Approach] Reference
And I think this is a classic case of their lecturing, their moralism. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 17, 2001] Reference
The Republicans have a surplus of moralism and a scarcity of tolerance. From Wordnik.com. [The Message From 1896?] Reference
The entrepreneurial model, while comparably elitist, eschews such moralism. From Wordnik.com. [John Feffer: The Fallacy of the Talented Tenth] Reference
Giuliani's moralism became increasingly strident in his second term as mayor. From Wordnik.com. [Growing Up Giuliani] Reference
But many in the Pentagon think this is where moralism leads, and they resent it. From Wordnik.com. [Soft Hearts vs. Hard Heads] Reference
Personally, I wish there were less hypocrisy and phony moralism about the whole thing. From Wordnik.com. [Earmarks help, Palin doesn't] Reference
Joe stands for an unworkable, but nonetheless ineradicable, strand of American religious moralism. From Wordnik.com. [Stanton Peele: Three Things Joe Biden Opposes: Alcohol, Female Sexuality and Swearing] Reference
Likewise, Prime Minister Stephen Harper went from preachy moralism toward Beijing to mercantilism. From Wordnik.com. [Diane Francis: Burger Diplomacy] Reference
The risks of Freeh's moralism are well illustrated by his prickly relationship with the White House. From Wordnik.com. [The Victim Of His Virtues] Reference
The owners, despite their high moralism today, have known for years that players were using "stuff". From Wordnik.com. [BASEBALL & DRUGS: BIG MONEY IS THE PROBLEM] Reference
And I think these kind of big decisions can't be viewed either through politics, ideology or moralism. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 19, 2008] Reference
I think liberal moralism blinded them to some of the legitimate concerns of white middle-class people. From Wordnik.com. [Why Americans Hate Politics] Reference
A third opined, "I praise the Blair that was England's Clinton — too bad his moralism got in the way.". From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Blair's Legacy] Reference
Ronald Reagan easily stole Carter's anti-government themes and moralism while promising to be more effective. From Wordnik.com. [Sean Wilentz: Who's the Real Idealist, Hillary or Obama?] Reference
Have we devolved so far into born again moralism that we can no longer distinguish between acts, and intentions?. From Wordnik.com. [The Smoking Shorts...] Reference
The in - tense moralism of Fichte is shown in his view that nature is the battle-ground on which man achieves freedom. From Wordnik.com. [THEODICY] Reference
Your moralism that anyone opposing abortion should step up and financially support mother and child has some serious problems. From Wordnik.com. [Pro-Life Group Preparing Big Ad Assault Charging Obama Allowed Babies To Die] Reference
It sounded almost like Iran's new president with all of the moralism and ideological ranting couched in jingoistic nationalism. From Wordnik.com. [Bush's War On Ideology] Reference
It is arguable that McCain, because of his boiling moralism and bottomless reservoir of certitudes, is not suited to the presidency. From Wordnik.com. [Joseph Romm: Erratic McCain Parachutes into Temperament Narrative] Reference
We also hear some of the shrill moralism of John Le Carré's later works, where -- always -- a flawed idealist searches for a martyred one. From Wordnik.com. [Radical Idealists in a Hard World] Reference
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