moralist

See also: Moralist

English

Etymology

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!

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
• 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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French moraliste.

Noun

moralist m (plural moraliști)

1. moralist

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

1. (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

Related terms

• moral

References

• moralist in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• moralist in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)