Definition of Moralist

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

Specialized synonyms: Egalitarian, Equalitarian, Elitist, Utilitarian
Generic synonyms: Philosopher

2. Noun. Someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms.
Exact synonyms: Disciplinarian, Martinet
Generic synonyms: Authoritarian, Dictator
Specialized synonyms: Stickler
Derivative terms: Moralism

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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