Moralist

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     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.
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              The love (in the moralist of virtue, but in the
              Christian) of God himself.            --Hammond.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]