moralist
See also: Moralist
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]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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[edit]one driven by perceived morals
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[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]moralist m (plural moralisten, diminutive moralistje n)
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[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French moraliste.
Noun
[edit]moralist m (plural moraliști)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | moralist | moralistul | moraliști | moraliștii | |
| genitive-dative | moralist | moralistului | moraliști | moraliștilor | |
| vocative | moralistule | moraliștilor | |||
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]moralist c
- (often derogatory) a person trying to influence others towards moral behavior (according to themselves), a moralist
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | moralist | moralists |
| definite | moralisten | moralistens | |
| plural | indefinite | moralister | moralisters |
| definite | moralisterna | moralisternas |
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