moralist
See also: Moralist
English
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:
- 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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Translations
one driven by perceived morals
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Romanian
Declension
Declension of moralist
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | moralist | moralisten | moralister | moralisterna |
| Genitive | moralists | moralistens | moralisters | moralisternas |
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