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As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Meaning of "moralist" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MORALIST

moralist  [ˈmɒrəlɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MORALIST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Moralist is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MORALIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Moralist

Moralist may refer to: ▪ one who leads a moral life or is concerned with regulating the morals of others, see Morality; ▪ a philosopher concerned with moral principles and problems, see Moral philosopher; ▪ a writer belonging to a tradition in French literature, concerned with the description of the moral character of humanity, see French Moralists.

Definition of moralist in the English dictionary

The first definition of moralist in the dictionary is a person who seeks to regulate the morals of others or to imbue others with a sense of morality. Other definition of moralist is a person who lives in accordance with moral principles. Moralist is also a philosopher who is concerned with casuistic discussions of right action, or who seeks a general characterization of right action, often contrasted with a moral philosopher whose concern is with general philosophical questions about ethics.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MORALIST


agriculturalist
ˌæɡrɪˈkʌltʃərəlɪst
amoralist
ˌeɪˈmɒrəlɪst
Antifederalist
ˌæntɪˈfɛdərəlɪst
centralist
ˈsentrəlɪst
Federalist
ˈfɛdərəlɪst
generalist
ˈdʒɛnərəlɪst
horticulturalist
ˌhɔːtɪˈkʌltʃərəlɪst
immoralist
ɪˈmɒrəlɪst
liberalist
ˈlɪbərəlɪst
literalist
ˈlɪtərəlɪst
multiculturalist
ˌmʌltɪˈkʌltʃərəlɪst
muralist
ˈmjʊərəlɪst
naturalist
ˈnætʃrəlɪst
neutralist
ˈnjuːtrəlɪst
pastoralist
ˈpɑːstərəlɪst
pluralist
ˈplʊərəlɪst
poststructuralist
ˌpəʊstˈstrʌktʃərəlɪst
ruralist
ˈrʊərəlɪst
structuralist
ˈstrʌktʃərəlɪst
supernaturalist
ˌsuːpəˈnætʃərəlɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MORALIST

moral support
moral theology
moral victory
morale
morale booster
morale-boosting
moralisation
moraliser
moralising
moralism
moralistic
moralistically
moralities
morality
morality play
moralization
moralize
moralizer
moralizing
morally

WORDS THAT END LIKE MORALIST

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brutalist
capitalist
environmentalist
finalist
fundamentalist
hospitalist
idealist
journalist
mentalist
minimalist
nationalist
Orientalist
photojournalist
realist
removalist
sensationalist
serialist
socialist
specialist
vocalist

Synonyms and antonyms of moralist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «moralist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MORALIST

Find out the translation of moralist to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of moralist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «moralist» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

道德
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

moralista
570 millions of speakers

English

moralist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नीतिज्ञ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفيلسوف الاخلاقي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

моралист
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

moralista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নৈতিক উপদেষ্টা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

moraliste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Moralis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Moralist
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

倫理学者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

도덕
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Moralis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhà luân lý học
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நன்னெறிவாதியாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नैतिकतावादी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ahlâkçı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

moralista
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

moralista
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мораліст
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

moralist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ηθικολόγος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

moralis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

moralist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

moralist
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of moralist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MORALIST»

The term «moralist» is normally little used and occupies the 110.596 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MORALIST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about moralist

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5 QUOTES WITH «MORALIST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word moralist.
1
Walter Lippmann
Ages when custom is unsettled are necessarily ages of prophecy. The moralist cannot teach what is revealed; he must reveal what can be taught. He has to seek insight rather than to preach.
2
Jonathan Miller
Someone like Einstein was quite clearly a moralist, and he had a very highly developed political vision and was very spiritual in his way, and there are many biologists and physicists of the first order who are like that.
3
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.
4
Frederick Soddy
But what sin is to the moralist and crime to the jurist so to the scientific man is ignorance.
5
Alan Watts
The moralist is the person who tells people that they ought to be unselfish, when they still feel like egos, and his efforts are always and invariably futile.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MORALIST»

Discover the use of moralist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to moralist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Freud: The Mind of the Moralist
Now a classic, this book was hailed upon its original publication in 1959 as "An event to be acclaimed . . . a book of genuine brilliance on Freud's cultural importance . . . a permanently valuable contribution to the human sciences. ...
Philip Rieff, 1979
2
Camus: Portrait of a Moralist
. As a personal and opinionated book, it invites the reader into an engaging and informative dialogue.”—American Political Science Review “This concise, lively, and remarkably evenhanded treatment of the life and work of Albert Camus ...
Stephen Eric Bronner, 2009
3
Jimmy Carter, American Moralist
In the first full-scale biography of America's 39th president since 1980, Kenneth Morris shows readers that any conclusions about Carter's leadership and the adequacy of his challenges as a president cannot ignore the moral quandary that ...
Kenneth E. Morris, 1997
4
Eric Rohmer, realist and moralist
In Eric Rohmer: Realist and Moralist, Crisp thoroughly examines Rohmer's films, performing structuralist, psychoanalytical, and ideological analyses of each.
C. G. Crisp, 1988
5
J.M. Coetzee - Novelist and Moralist
Can literature burst the bonds of reality which congeal the self and the other in a fixed constellation?
Claudia Jahn, 2010
6
A Moralist in and Out of Parliament: John Stuart Mill at ...
This detailed study places the political and personal beliefs and behaviour of Britain's leading philosopher in the context of the crucial changes resulting from the growing democratization of society and culture in Britain.
Bruce L. Kinzer, Ann Provost Robson, John M. Robson, 1992
7
Emile Durkheim: Sociologist and Moralist
Recent international scholarship has produced a new understanding of Durkheim that has reassembled what for him was always a whole: a sociological selection on morals and moral activism.
Stephen Turner, 2003
8
Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
Chuang-Tzu, 2006
9
Going to the Dogs: The Story of a Moralist
Going to the Dogs is set in Berlin after the crash of 1929 and before the Nazi takeover, years of rising unemployment and financial collapse.
Erich Kastner, 2012
10
The moralist
We are on the brink of understanding ancient mysteries: how we know, what governs our nature, what makes a person different from a thing.
Allen Wheelis, 1973

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MORALIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term moralist is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ashley Madison breach reveals the rise of the moralist hacker
There's value in more than just credit card data, as Avid Life Media (ALM), parent company of the extramarital affair website Ashley Madison, ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
2
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Bill Cosby, public moralist, silenced
He wrote, “The stark contrast between Bill Cosby, the public moralist, and Bill Cosby, the subject of serious allegations concerning improper ... «The Southern, Jul 15»
3
Bill Cosby reveals himself to be a true scoundrel
The public had a right to see “the stark contrast between Bill Cosby, the public moralist, and Bill Cosby, the subject of serious allegations ... «Toronto Sun, Jul 15»
4
Doesn't Deserve It
But a U.S. District Court judge rejected that argument, citing the contrast between “Bill Cosby, the public moralist, and Bill Cosby, the subject of ... «The Missourian, Jul 15»
5
Cosby wants to keep court settlement sealed
A federal judge in Philadelphia cited his self-imposed role as a “public moralist” in deciding to release long-sealed documents that contained ... «Arab News, Jul 15»
6
Strong Points: A Serial Rapist's Saga: Women Against Women
But Robreno released the documents anyway, stating that Cosby was a “public moralist [who] mounted the proverbial electronic or print soap box to volunteer ... «Thenewjournalandguide, Jul 15»
7
Why Gawker, and gossip, are good
Nor is Cosby the only celebrity moralist that Gawker has exposed as a fraud. In May, the site published court transcripts in the vicious divorce of ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
8
Last Days: The Week in Review Well-Armed Lunatics, Suspect …
... in a calculated pursuit of young women—a profile at odds with the popular image he so long enjoyed, that of father figure and public moralist. «TheStranger.com, Jul 15»
9
Cosby's decade-old testimony could be used to crush him in court
"I think it's a treasure trove of admissions by Mr. Cosby that self-destructs his public moralist soapbox," said Joseph Cammarata, the lawyer for ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
10
Bronwyn Bishop: Liberal attack dog finally gets bitten
How can poor precious Toady (our Pissant Moralist) argue against “sinking the Slipper” now? Slipper was a Liberal member when he ... «Crikey, Jul 15»

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