moralist

See also: Moralist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *mōs

Latin mōs

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin mōrālis

Old French moralbor.

Middle English moral

English moral

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

English moralist

From moral + -ist.

Noun

moralist (plural moralists)

1. (derogatory) 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.
   • 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!

Derived terms

• antimoralist

Related terms

• morals
• morality
• moralistic
• moralism

Translations

one driven by perceived morals

• Bulgarian: моралист (bg) m (moralist)
• Catalan: moralista m or f
• Cebuano: moralista
• Czech: moralista (cs) m, mravokárce m
• Dutch: moralist (nl) m
• Finnish: moralisti (fi)
• French: moraliste (fr) m or f
• Galician: moralista m or f
• German: Moralist (de) m, Moralistin (de) f
• Greek: ηθικολόγος (el) m or f (ithikológos)
• Hungarian: moralista (hu), erkölcscsősz (hu) (derogatory)
• Italian: moralista (it)
• Kazakh: моральшы (moralşy), моралист (moralist)
• Latvian: morālists m, morāliste f
• Polish: moralista (pl) m, moralistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: moralista (pt) m or f
• Spanish: moralista (es) m or f
• Turkish: ahlakçı (tr)

Anagrams

• trisomal

Dutch

Etymology

Superficially from moraal +‎ -ist; possibly a calque from another language. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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Noun

moralist m (plural moralisten, diminutive moralistje n)

1. moralist

Derived terms

• moralistisch

Related terms

• moraal
• moralisme
• moreel

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French moraliste.

Noun

moralist m (plural moraliști)

1. moralist

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	moralist	moralistul	moraliști	moraliștii
genitive-dative	moralist	moralistului	moraliști	moraliștilor
vocative	moralistule		moraliștilor

Swedish

Noun

moralist c

1. (often derogatory) a person trying to influence others towards moral behavior (according to themselves), a moralist

Declension

Declension of moralist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	moralist	moralists
	definite	moralisten	moralistens
plural	indefinite	moralister	moralisters
	definite	moralisterna	moralisternas

Related terms

• moral

References

• “moralist”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “moralist”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)