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moralistic
adjective
disapprovinguk /ˌmɒr.əlˈɪs.tɪk/ us /ˌmɔːr.əlˈɪs.tɪk/
judging people and trying to make them behave according to standards of right and wrong that never change and may be too severe or unfair: 道学的，说教的
Drug addicts need sympathetic, not moralistic, treatment.吸毒成瘾者需要的是富有同情心的对待，而不是说教。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Feeling morally superior
claim the moral high groundidiom
de haut en bas
holier-than-thou
judgmental
judgmentally
moralistically
pearl-clutching
preachily
preachiness
preachy
righteous
righteously
sanctimonious
sanctimoniously
sanctimoniousness
self-righteousness
superior
superiority complex
virtue signalling
virtuous
moralistic | American Dictionary
moralistic
adjective
us/ˌmɔr·əˈlɪs·tɪk, ˌmɑr-/
involved with judging other people’s morals and telling them how to behave:
American foreign policy had been rigidly moralistic.
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