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moralism|ˈmɒrəlɪz(ə)m|
[f. moral + -ism.]
1. Addiction to moralizing; also (with pl.) an instance of this, an act of moralizing.
1828J. Wilson in Blackw. Mag. XXIV. 674 A' she writes has..an endearin' mainnerism and moralism about it. 1836Fraser's Mag. XIV. 703 In all their poetry..we find no romance, no fable; but familiar descriptions, and sharp and lively moralisms. 1859Farrar J. Home xx. 257 A delicious spice of worldliness..which was quite refreshing to him, accustomed as he was to the somewhat droning moralisms of his ‘congenial friends’.
2. The practice of a natural system of morality; religion consisting of or reduced to merely moral practice; morality not spiritualized.
1850H. James (title) Moralism and Christianity. 1872Contemp. Rev. XIX. 810 No mere philosophy or moralism can ever transmute itself with evangelical righteousness. 1889Boyd Carpenter Permanent Elem. Relig. vi. 210 There is in the realm of morality a shadow corresponding to that which we saw waiting on religion. This shadow we shall call Moralism. Ibid. 212 Thus, where inward sympathy with good is lacking, though there may be outward moralism, there can be no true morality. 1890H. S. Bowden tr. Hettinger's Nat. Relig. 284 note, We describe this theory [sc. the moral idea as independent of religion] as ‘moralism’. |