What is "moralization"

Moralization \Mor`al*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. moralisation.]

1. The act of moralizing; moral reflections or discourse.

2. Explanation in a moral sense.
   --T. Warton.

n. 1 The act of moralize. 2 Moral reform.

1. n. indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code; "his constant moralizing drove me mad" [syn: moralizing, moralisation]

2. the act of making moral (or more moral); "for years she worked toward the moralization of English literature" [syn: moralisation]