Noun
A maxim or saying embodying a moral truth.
Source: Webster's dictionaryhe could not stand her hectoring moralism Source: Internet
Critic Paul de Man notes, "Whatever Borges's existential anxieties may be, they have little in common with Sartre's robustly prosaic view of literature, with the earnestness of Camus' moralism, or with the weighty profundity of German existential thought. Source: Internet
J. P. Parry, Democracy and Religion: Gladstone and the Liberal Party, 1867–1875 (1989) p 174 His moralism often angered his upper-class opponents (including Queen Victoria), and his heavy-handed control split the Liberal Party. Source: Internet
The rational ego attempts to exact a balance between the impractical hedonism of the id and the equally impractical moralism of the super-ego; it is the part of the psyche that is usually reflected most directly in a person's actions. Source: Internet
Now adapted for the silver screen, Tamara Drewe is a modern black comedy that owes more to the sexy spirit of Bridget Jones than the bleak moralism of Hardy. Source: Internet
His political career did not bloom into anything great, but it does illustrate his characteristics—his nationalism and his moralism. Source: Internet