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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems;

2. someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms;
[syn: martinet, disciplinarian, moralist]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The love (in the moralist of virtue, but in the Christian) of God himself. --Hammond. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, moralist]