Usually means: Imposing personal morals on others.
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  1. moralistic: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. moralistic: Merriam-Webster
  3. moralistic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. moralistic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. moralistic: Collins English Dictionary
  6. moralistic: Vocabulary.com
  7. Moralistic, moralistic: Wordnik
  8. moralistic: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. moralistic: Wiktionary
  10. moralistic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. moralistic: Dictionary.com
  12. moralistic: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. moralistic: Rhymezone
  14. moralistic: FreeDictionary.org
  15. moralistic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. moralistic: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See moralistically as well.)

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adjective:  Characteristic of or relating to a narrow-minded concern of the morals of others; self-righteous

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