moralist

From moral +‎ -ist.

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!

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• trisomal

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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moralist m (plural moralisten, diminutive moralistje n)

1. moralist

Borrowed from French moraliste.

moralist m (plural moraliști)

1. moralist

moralist c

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

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