moralist
noun
mor·al·ist
ˈmȯr-ə-list 
ˈmär-
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a smattering of moralists around the country tried to get the songs banned from the radio
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Sardonic in tone—its moralists are hypocrites, the church oppressive, and only the rebels are appealing—the book still plays it safe: slavery is all but absent from this version of Hannibal.
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Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
The concept of consciousness has kept a small army of moralists, physicists, and theologians busy for generations.
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The concept of consciousness has kept a small army of moralists, physicists, and theologians busy for generations.
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Satirists are famously also moralists, and Houellebecq is no exception.
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Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
The concept of consciousness has kept a small army of moralists, physicists, and theologians busy for generations.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Nov. 2024
The concept of consciousness has kept a small army of moralists, physicists, and theologians busy for generations.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Nov. 2024
Satirists are famously also moralists, and Houellebecq is no exception.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Moralist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/moralist. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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moralist
noun
mor·al·ist
ˈmȯr-ə-ləst
ˈmär-
1
: a person who leads a moral life
2
: a person who teaches, studies, or points out morals
3
: a person who is concerned with regulating the morals of others
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