Home › Words › M › moralizationmoralization/ˌmɒ.ɹə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/moralization · noun — the act of moralizing.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).moralization is pronounced /ˌmɒ.ɹə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/.EtymologyFrom moral + -ization or moralize + -ation.nounThe act of moralizing.e.g.“The sagas have more than their share of axings in the back, killings encompassed by treachery and trickery, narrated without accompanying moralizations.” — 2009, William Ian Miller, Bloodtaking and Peacemaking:Moral reform.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.moralism 81% match — The act or practice of moralizing (making moral reflections or judging the morality of others). vs moralization →moralizer 79% match — One who moralizes. vs moralization →moralize 73% match — To make moral reflections (on, upon, about or over something); to regard acts and events as involving a moral. vs moralization →amoralization 70% match — The process of making amoral. vs moralization →spiritualization 66% match — The act of spiritualizing. vs moralization →emotionalization 65% match — The act or process of emotionalizing. vs moralization →morphologization 63% match — The act or process of, or an instance of, morphologizing. vs moralization →amoralize 63% match — To make amoral. vs moralization →