the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of moralizing; moral reflections or discourse.
n. Explanation in a moral sense.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of moralizing or reflecting upon morals; a moral reflection.
n. The act of giving a moral meaning or effect to something; explanation in a moral sense.
n. The act of rendering moral; subjection to moral rules; the process of giving a moral character to something.
n. Also spelled moralisation.
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n. the act of making moral (or more moral)
n. indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code
Word Usage
"Hayek would support the current calls for a "moralization" of global capitalism, since the core of the crisis seems to be exactly the loss of moral constraints in the blind pursuit of as many quick bucks as possible."