Definition of Moral force

1. Noun. An efficient incentive. "They hoped it would act as a spiritual dynamic on all churches"

Exact synonyms: Dynamic
Generic synonyms: Incentive, Inducement, Motivator

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moral Force

moraines
morainic
moral
moral(a)
moral-panic
moral Mafia
moral arithmetic
moral ataxia
moral authority
moral code
moral excellence
moral fiber
moral fibre
moral fibres
moral force (current term)
moral futurism
moral hazard
moral hazards
moral high ground
moral high grounds
moral minima
moral minimum
moral minimums
moral objectivism
moral obligation
moral order
moral orders
moral panic
moral philosophy

Literary usage of Moral force

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1899)
"... moral force IN WORLD POLITICS (Peroration of the Speech on Poland, March 19th, 1846, in the Chamber of Peers, Paris) Gentlemen: — THE elements of power ..."

2. Home-talks by John Humphrey Noyes (1875)
"moral force will make a man a student when study is the business before him; ... moral force enables persons to overcome everything that is weak and foolish ..."

3. Ireland Past and Present by Augustus J. Thébaud, John Habberton (1878)
"And now that, owing to the mighty, the irresistible moral force ... He was for moral force, seeing how clearly and irresistibly, even if unwittingly, ..."

4. The Chartist Movement in Its Social and Economic Aspects by Frank Ferdinand Rosenblatt (1916)
"THE GOSPEL OF REVOLT WILLIAM LOVETT was the apostle of moral force. He had unbounded faith in the moral propensities of mankind. Since ignorance alone was ..."

5. Orations, Addresses and Speeches of Chauncey M. Depew by Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1910)
"ARBITRATION AS A moral force INTERVIEW ON ARBITRATION AS A moral force, DICTATED JUNE, ... moral force in the world to-day is arbitration. ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... Conn and dilettantisme tac- tique, while overlooking the factors of energy and overpowering moral force which, through all material changes in armament, ..."

7. Cyclopedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and Critical Notices by Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck (1856)
"... or as imperishable history chronicles them in the sacred annals of Judea. moral force OF PUBLIC OPINION—FROM TTTE SPEECH Off TH1 ..."

8. The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1899)
"... moral force IN WORLD POLITICS (Peroration of the Speech on Poland, March 19th, 1846, in the Chamber of Peers, Paris) Gentlemen: — THE elements of power ..."

9. Home-talks by John Humphrey Noyes (1875)
"moral force will make a man a student when study is the business before him; ... moral force enables persons to overcome everything that is weak and foolish ..."

10. Ireland Past and Present by Augustus J. Thébaud, John Habberton (1878)
"And now that, owing to the mighty, the irresistible moral force ... He was for moral force, seeing how clearly and irresistibly, even if unwittingly, ..."

11. The Chartist Movement in Its Social and Economic Aspects by Frank Ferdinand Rosenblatt (1916)
"THE GOSPEL OF REVOLT WILLIAM LOVETT was the apostle of moral force. He had unbounded faith in the moral propensities of mankind. Since ignorance alone was ..."

12. Orations, Addresses and Speeches of Chauncey M. Depew by Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1910)
"ARBITRATION AS A moral force INTERVIEW ON ARBITRATION AS A moral force, DICTATED JUNE, ... moral force in the world to-day is arbitration. ..."

13. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... Conn and dilettantisme tac- tique, while overlooking the factors of energy and overpowering moral force which, through all material changes in armament, ..."

14. Cyclopedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and Critical Notices by Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck (1856)
"... or as imperishable history chronicles them in the sacred annals of Judea. moral force OF PUBLIC OPINION—FROM TTTE SPEECH Off TH1 ..."

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