adjective
definition
Characteristic of or relating to a narrow-minded concern of the morals of others; self-righteous
example
She was glad to escape her judgmental and moralistic parents.
Examples of moralistic in a Sentence
This, together with the influence of the different religions, created a very moralistic climate which was not always conducive to home care.
In the hands of moralistic theologians, like Lactantius, they certainly assume a somewhat grotesque form, but the fact that these men clung to them is the clearest evidence that in the West millennarianism was still a point of "orthodoxy" in the 4th century.
Simple souls found their spiritual pasture in little mincing "devotions"; while robuster minds built up for themselves a natural moralistic religion, quite as close to Epictetus as to Christianity.
In this overtly moralistic fable, Stu's extramarital sins are limited to taking off his wedding ring for his daily phone calls.
The memorable diaper wearer, now recast Despite being a very well thought out and quite moralistic piece.
In a moralistic or a strong-willed mother the morality or the strong will power go hand-in-hand with a dominant sense of pride.
The moralistic conception of the gospel as a "law of liberty," the very phrase recalling the expression of Barn.
I hope this doesn't sound too moralistic, but no matter how it may look like, it's my honest opinion.
We then remembered that children's fairy tales at that time were very menacing - Grimm's fairly tales were horrifying and extremely moralistic.