moralist Definition
mor·al·ist (--ist)
noun
- a teacher of or writer on morals; person who moralizes
- a person who adheres to a system of moralism
- a person who seeks to impose personal morals on others
moralist Usage Examples
Preposition: of
time: It is not therefore surprising that moralists of the time, especially the Lollards, strongly objected to pilgrimages.
Converse of object
find: I found that mad moralist this morning in the kitchen garden yonder, and I heard the whole story.
Adjective modifier
- public: Varouxakis can call on a considerably larger number of public moralists to support his analysis.
- Christian: Some of the more radical suggestions came from christian moralists such as Bruce Kent.
- stern: He was not one of those stern moralists who objected to the Theater.
- English: However, he lost his faith in his final year when he studied for a paper called The English Moralists.
- British: Under Findlay's direction Prior cut his teeth on W.E. Johnson's classic text Logic and studied the 18 th century British moralists.
- religious: However, interpretations are different, and issues can be complicated SB In Blackpool, we were labeled as religious moralists to be ignored.
Noun used with modifier
- copybook: A copybook moralist could easily answer that question by saying: " Of course not.
- wing: I get angry when I see right wing moralists, like some here tonight, decry our relationships.
- petty-bourgeois: The petty-bourgeois moralist thinks episodically, in fragments, in clumps, being incapable of approaching phenomena in their internal connection.
- class: From their armchairs, these middle class moralists see fit to lecture the shade of Connolly on revolutionary strategy and tactics.
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