moralist
See also: Moralist
English
Etymology
moral + -ist
Noun
moralist (plural moralists)
- (derogatory) One who bases all decisions on perceived morals, especially one who enforces them with censorship.
- A teacher of morals; a person who studies morality; a moral philosopher.
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, OCLC 1167497017:
- 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!
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Related terms
- morals
- morality
- moralistic
- moralism
Translations
one driven by perceived morals
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Anagrams
- trisomal
Romanian
Etymology
From French moraliste.
Noun
moralist m (plural moraliști)
- moralist
Declension
Declension of moralist
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) moralist | moralistul | (niște) moraliști | moraliștii |
genitive/dative | (unui) moralist | moralistului | (unor) moraliști | moraliștilor |
vocative | moralistule | moraliștilor |
Swedish
Noun
moralist c
- (often derogatory) a person trying to influence others towards moral behavior (according to themselves), a moralist
Declension
Declension of moralist | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | moralist | moralisten | moralister | moralisterna |
Genitive | moralists | moralistens | moralisters | moralisternas |
Related terms
- moral
References
- moralist in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- moralist in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)