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moralistic

moralistic adjective: characteristic of or relating to a narrow-minded concern with the morals of others; self-righteous.

Adjective

moralistic (comparative more moralistic, superlative most moralistic)

  1. Characteristic of or relating to a narrow-minded concern with the morals of others; self-righteous
    • She was glad to escape her judgmental and moralistic parents.

moralistic meaning in Urdu

moralistic in Urdu

moralistic
اخلاق آمیز aḵlāq āmeyz

Forms of moralistic

comparativemore moralistic
superlativemost moralistic

Origin of moralistic

From moral + -istic.

Words formed from moralistic

Questions about moralistic

What does moralistic mean?
Moralistic means characteristic of or relating to a narrow-minded concern with the morals of others; self-righteous.
What is moralistic in Urdu?
Moralistic in Urdu is اخلاق آمیز (aḵlāq āmeyz). See Moralistic meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is moralistic?
Moralistic is an adjective.

Words near moralistic in the dictionary

  1. moralisingly
  2. moralisings
  3. moralism
  4. moralisms
  5. moralist
  6. moralistic
  7. moralistic therapeutic deism
  8. moralistically
  9. moralistics
  10. moralists
  11. moralities

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moralistic (page history and authors); اخلاق آمیز (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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