“Moralizing” or “Moralising”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 4 prefer “moralizing” and 3 prefer “moralising”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	moralizing	moralising	Preference
United States	96	4	“moralizing”
United Kingdom	16	84	“moralising”
India	53	47	“moralizing”
Philippines	100	0	“moralizing”
Canada	100	0	“moralizing”
Australia	0	100	“moralising”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	100	“moralising”
New Zealand	0	0	Not enough data
Jamaica	0	0	Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago	0	0	Not enough data
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“moralizing”

…paintings, which usually carried subtle moralizing messages about the impermanence of…
…in one of Barks' scarce moralizing moments, Donald remarks that the…
…speculative themes, for discoursing on moralizing texts...To avoid oratory, poetry, and…
…pass judgement, not an omniscient moralizing narrator typical of literary realism.
…a combination of the severe moralizing impulses of Neoclassicism and the…
He drew from the highly moralizing Protestant tradition of Dutch genre…
Radziwill is filled with moralizing pathos.
…criticised "Sydney Anglicans" for "empty moralizing" and questioned if the Bible…
…objective, scientific style, devoid of moralizing, earmark Maggie as a naturalist
Moralizing art

“moralising”

…the Lautrec having a distinctly moralising tendency.
…as a "fun" activity without moralising and in which the lead…
…Keyti takes a less stringently moralising tone while, nonetheless, continuing to…
…of people's actions, rather than moralising tales; he has stated, "In…
…"values became increasingly archaic; her moralising, propagandistic tone was unsuited to…
…is less admiring about Wallace's moralising tone, especially when he supposes…
…and is absent of any moralising overtones or religious iconography.
…as "somewhat burdened by cumbersome moralising and too many credibility-stretching coincidences…
…plays mainly dealing with epic, moralising or allegorising themes towards plays…
…society while using a hardhitting moralising tone.

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