Term: moralizing: indulgence in moral pronouncements; the exposition (often superficially) of a particular moral code
Candidate hypernym: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples → 1
Candidate hypernym: guyot: a seamount of volcanic origin (especially in the Pacific Ocean) → 0
Candidate hypernym: meiosis: (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants) → 0
Candidate hypernym: she-devil: a cruel woman → 0
Candidate hypernym: lophodytes: a genus of Merginae → 0
Candidate hypernym: soul: a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s → 0
Candidate hypernym: dilemma: state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options → 0
Candidate hypernym: cardinalfish: small red fishes of coral reefs and inshore tropical waters → 0
Candidate hypernym: block: a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit → 0
Candidate hypernym: upstage: the rear part of the stage → 0
Candidate hypernym: dining-room furniture: furniture intended for use in a dining room → 0