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moralist

[ mawr-uh-list, mor- ]

noun

  1. a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
  2. a philosopher concerned with the principles of morality.
  3. a person who practices morality.
  4. a person concerned with regulating the morals of others, as by imposing censorship.


moralist

/ 藞尘蓲谤蓹濒瑟蝉迟 /

noun

  1. a person who seeks to regulate the morals of others or to imbue others with a sense of morality
  2. a person who lives in accordance with moral principles
  3. a philosopher who is concerned with casuistic discussions of right action, or who seeks a general characterization of right action, often contrasted with a moral philosopher whose concern is with general philosophical questions about ethics
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藢尘辞谤补濒藞颈蝉迟颈肠, adjective
  • 藢尘辞谤补濒藞颈蝉迟颈肠ally, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 尘辞谤路补濒路颈蝉路迟颈肠 [mawr-, uh, -, lis, -tik, mor-], adjective
  • 补苍路迟颈路尘辞谤路补濒路颈蝉迟 noun adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of moralist1

First recorded in 1615鈥25; moral + -ist
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Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

One need not be a moralist to harbor concerns about the effect of legalized betting on the integrity of college and professional sports.

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Generations have passed since preachers called television the devil鈥檚 box, and now we all know that in the 鈥80s, some of those moralists will make millions putting their own act on the air.

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That law was spearheaded by Anthony Comstock, a Christian moralist activist and head of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice.

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But once four-wheeled cubicles of sin began freeing couples from the scrutiny of the family front parlor, the moralists and divines queued up to denounce the automobile鈥檚 libertine liberties.

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A self-described 鈥渂esotted aesthete鈥 and 鈥渙bsessed moralist,鈥 she sought to challenge conventional thinking.

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