English-Portuguese translations for moralism

• moralismo
  Quero dizer à senhora deputada Roth que, se, efectivamente, a moral torna mais viva a política, o moralismo, pelo seu lado, mata-a com certeza. I would say to Mrs Roth that if, indeed, morality invigorates politics, then just as surely moralism kills it.
  Mais de dez anos após o afundamento da União Soviética, os seus projectos possuem resquícios de gulag, ainda por cima com o lenitivo do moralismo. It is over ten years since the collapse of the Soviet Union and yet your projects contain a strong hint of the gulags and mollifying moralism.

Definition of moralism

• The act or practice of moralizing
• A maxim or saying believed by the speaker to embody a moral truth; an instance of moralizing
• Religious practice that focuses on morality while placing little emphasis on doctrine or the metaphysical; adherence to a system of morality with little or no reference to religion

Related words

• humoralism
• immoralism
• amoralism
• antimoralism