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mor·al·ist (-ist)

noun

  1. a teacher of or writer on morals; person who moralizes
  2. a person who adheres to a system of moralism
  3. a person who seeks to impose personal morals on others

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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