Moralist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Moralist is a noun meaning (derogatory) One who bases all decisions on perceived morals, especially one who enforces them with censorship.
Meaning
(derogatory) One who bases all decisions on perceived morals, especially one who enforces them with censorship.
More Meanings
- A teacher of morals; a person who studies morality; a moral philosopher.
Example Sentences
What must the old man have felt as, in ghastly terrifying solitude, by the light of one lamp feebly illuminating a little space of gloom, he in a few brief lines daubed the history of his nation's death upon the cavern wall? What a subject for the moralist, or the painter, or indeed for any one who can think!
Word Forms
- moralists
Synonyms for moralist
Depending on context, synonyms include martinet, disciplinarian.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include martinet, disciplinarian, sanctimonious, antimoralist, immoralist, censorist.
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