MORALIST


Meaning of MORALIST in English

-_lə̇st noun

( -s )

1. : one who leads a moral life

a moralist who practices what he preaches

2. : a teacher or student of morals : a thinker or writer concerned with moral principles and problems

was attracted particularly by the great classical moralists, and found in their ethical teaching inspiration and instruction — A.C.McGiffert

nowadays it is … far harder to be a moralist of any true simplicity of spirit — Lionel Trilling

like all good writers, a moralist at bottom — Bernard Kalb

3. : one who is concerned to regulate the morals of others

moralists looked upon it as a lewd distraction that would take the mind off work — Lewis Mumford

once the moralist … becomes the censor of art, with power to enforce his judgments, art is seriously jeopardized — Hunter Mead

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