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In some senses, moralist is marked as derogatory. Watch for register when choosing this word.
moralist
noun 2
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1VERB + MORALIST
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Definitions
noun
1
One who bases all decisions on perceived morals, especially one who enforces them with censorship.
2
A teacher of morals; a person who studies morality; a moral philosopher.
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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noun — someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
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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 dea
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He is described as a moralist.
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He liked food and wine and conversation. He was a moralist, but not a solemn or humorless man in the least.
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