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Definition of Moralist

1. Noun. A philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems.

2. Noun. Someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms.

Definition of Moralist

1. n. One who moralizes; one who teaches or animadverts upon the duties of life; a writer of essays intended to correct vice and inculcate moral duties.

Definition of Moralist

1. Noun. (context: pejorative) One who drives all their decisions based on perceived morals, especially one who enforces them with censorship. ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) A teacher of morals. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Moralist

1. a teacher of morality [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moralist

moral treatment moral turpitude morale morale-boosting morale booster morale builder morale building morales moralisation moralise

moralised moralises moralising moralism moralisms moralist (current term) moralistic moralistic therapeutic deism moralistically moralists

moralities morality morality play moralization moralizations moralize moralized moralizer moralizers moralizes

Literary usage of Moralist

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

1. The Literature of the Georgian Era by William Minto (1895)
"CHAPTER VI POPE—continued AS A SATIRIST AND moralist—FAILURE IN EPIC POETRY—" THE ... ON MAN" WE have to deal to-day with Pope as a satirist and a moralist. ..."

2. Personal Forces in Modern Literature by Arthur Compton-Rickett (1906)
"The "moralist" leads the way, as the one who exhibits his temperament as much by what he suppresses ... From the moralist to the vagabond, self-revelation ..."

3. Horae Sabbaticae: Reprint of Articles Contributed to the Saturday Review by James Fitzjames Stephen (1892)
"... VIII LOCKE AS A moralist THE question of Locke's position as a moralist is naturally suggested by what has gone before. Hardly any writer has had, ..."

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