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moralist |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Moralist \Mor"al*ist\, n. [Cf. F. moraliste.] 1. 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. --Addison. 2. 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. The love (in the moralist of virtue, but in the Christian) of God himself. --Hammond. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: moralist n 1: a philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems 2: someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms [syn: {martinet}, {disciplinarian}]
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