Meanings
plural moralists
- derogatoryOne 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.
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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 death upon the cavern wall? What a subject for the moralist, or the painter, or indeed for any one who can think!
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsomeone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*med-
- Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
- Proto-Italic*mōs
- Latinmōs
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinmōrālis
- Old Frenchmora
- Middle Englishmoral
- Englishmoral
- Englishmoralist
Translations
Bulgarian моралист
- моралист (moralist)one driven by perceived morals
Catalan moralista
- moralistaone driven by perceived morals
Czech moralista, mravokárce
- moralistaone driven by perceived morals
- mravokárceone driven by perceived morals
Dutch moralist
- moralistone driven by perceived morals
Finnish moralisti
- moralistione driven by perceived morals
French moraliste
- moralisteone driven by perceived morals
German Moralist, Moralistin
- Moralistone driven by perceived morals
- Moralistinone driven by perceived morals
Greek ηθικολόγος
- ηθικολόγος (ithikológos)one driven by perceived morals
Hungarian moralista, erkölcscsősz
- moralistaone driven by perceived morals
- erkölcscsőszone driven by perceived morals
Italian moralista
- moralistaone driven by perceived morals
Latvian morālists, morāliste
- morālistsone driven by perceived morals
- morālisteone driven by perceived morals
Polish moralista, moralistka
- moralistaone driven by perceived morals
- moralistkaone driven by perceived morals
Portuguese moralista
- moralistaone driven by perceived morals
Spanish moralista
- moralistaone driven by perceived morals
Turkish ahlakçı
- ahlakçıone driven by perceived morals
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Cite this entry
moralist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moralist
“moralist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moralist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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