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1. (n.) moralist
a person who practices, teaches, or inculcates morality.
2. moralist
a philosopher concerned with the principles of morality.
3. moralist
a person concerned with regulating morals, as by censorship.
Etymology: (1615–25)
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| Definition of 'moralist' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) moralist
a philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems
2. (noun) martinet, disciplinarian, moralist
someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) moralist
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
2. (noun) moralist
one who practices moral duties; a person who lives in conformity with moral rules; one of correct deportment and dealings with his fellow-creatures; -- sometimes used in contradistinction to one whose life is controlled by religious motives
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The Roycroft Dictionary |
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moralist
1. A beautified eunuch.
2. One self-elected to make the stupid more stupid.
3. Any one skilled in the science of pornography.
4. A retired roue.
5. One of the Sacred Legion of Coprolitis.
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