Definition of moralist in English:

moralist

noun ˈmɒr(ə)lɪstˈmɔrələst

1A person who teaches or promotes morality.
德育家，道德家
Example sentencesExamples
- For a moralist teaches us the anatomy of virtue and vice, helping us to see and understand what is at stake in particular judgments and practices.
- He was a moralist deeply suspicious of how moralism is used.
- The most famous legal moralist is Patrick Devlin, who argues that a shared morality is essential to the existence of a society.
- Historians and moralists, for example, assess the responsibility of agents for the outcomes, political, social, economic or military of what they did or failed to do.
- Legal developments have also been influenced by the changing perceptions of philosophers and moralists in relation to living creatures.
- It has been characteristic of the French tradition of moralists that they are observers, reporting elegantly on the perennial human condition.
- Third, moral philosophers and moralists in the wake of eighteenth-century cosmopolitanisms have insisted that we human beings have a duty to aid fellow humans in need, regardless of their citizenship status.
- Approximately half the entry is on the Greek moralists Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics.
- Of all the Greek moralists, Aristotle provides the most psychologically insightful account of virtuous character.
- As poet and critic, philosopher and moralist and metaphysician, he to some extent invented those new, difficult and radical criteria by which we have learned to judge work like his own.
- He was not simply a writer, but in his later decades a moralist and philosopher who influenced, among others, Gandhi.
Synonyms
pietist, prude, prig, moral fanatic, moral zealot, killjoy, mrs grundy, grundy, old maid, schoolmarm, victorian, priggish person, ascetic
1. 1.1 A person given to moralizing.
  说教者
  Example sentencesExamples
  You know: not all moral people are moralists, nor all moralists moralistic.
  Gide, being the moralist he is, otherwise pays heed only to the book's intent and not to its consequences.
  One problem with absolutism about honesty is that it drives the moralist into a kind of dishonesty of her own.
  Conservative moralists find in Freud a justification for a morality of restraint.
  But donning the robes of the moralist presents problems of its own, notably the problem of Presentism, that is judging historical figures by contemporary moral standards.
  But also the moralist forgets that morality cannot be imposed or legislated or begotten by an act of will.
  He makes the telling point that the language of child protection offers one of the few ways our society has to restrict corporate behavior, even as it is invoked by moralists eager to impose their own ethical code on society as a whole.
2. 1.2rare A person who behaves in a morally commendable way.
  德行高尚者
  Example sentencesExamples
  He is the moralist for whom, in the religious life, morality counts as everything.
  ‘She was a moralist and puritan who would consider the topic of sex a taboo,’ he said.
  You also might know that he was a defender of orthodoxy in a turbulent time and a stern moralist.
  It's such a fascinating world and as soon as people can stop thinking of the Victorians as stuffy moralists then they can see that they were very sensual and rich.

Rhymes

amoralist

Definition of moralist in US English:

moralist

nounˈmɔrələstˈmôrələst

1A person who teaches or promotes morality.
德育家，道德家
Example sentencesExamples
- Third, moral philosophers and moralists in the wake of eighteenth-century cosmopolitanisms have insisted that we human beings have a duty to aid fellow humans in need, regardless of their citizenship status.
- He was not simply a writer, but in his later decades a moralist and philosopher who influenced, among others, Gandhi.
- Legal developments have also been influenced by the changing perceptions of philosophers and moralists in relation to living creatures.
- The most famous legal moralist is Patrick Devlin, who argues that a shared morality is essential to the existence of a society.
- Of all the Greek moralists, Aristotle provides the most psychologically insightful account of virtuous character.
- Approximately half the entry is on the Greek moralists Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics.
- He was a moralist deeply suspicious of how moralism is used.
- As poet and critic, philosopher and moralist and metaphysician, he to some extent invented those new, difficult and radical criteria by which we have learned to judge work like his own.
- It has been characteristic of the French tradition of moralists that they are observers, reporting elegantly on the perennial human condition.
- Historians and moralists, for example, assess the responsibility of agents for the outcomes, political, social, economic or military of what they did or failed to do.
- For a moralist teaches us the anatomy of virtue and vice, helping us to see and understand what is at stake in particular judgments and practices.
Synonyms
pietist, prude, prig, moral fanatic, moral zealot, killjoy, mrs grundy, grundy, old maid, schoolmarm, victorian, priggish person, ascetic
1. 1.1 A person given to moralizing.
  说教者
  Example sentencesExamples
  One problem with absolutism about honesty is that it drives the moralist into a kind of dishonesty of her own.
  He makes the telling point that the language of child protection offers one of the few ways our society has to restrict corporate behavior, even as it is invoked by moralists eager to impose their own ethical code on society as a whole.
  But donning the robes of the moralist presents problems of its own, notably the problem of Presentism, that is judging historical figures by contemporary moral standards.
  You know: not all moral people are moralists, nor all moralists moralistic.
  Gide, being the moralist he is, otherwise pays heed only to the book's intent and not to its consequences.
  Conservative moralists find in Freud a justification for a morality of restraint.
  But also the moralist forgets that morality cannot be imposed or legislated or begotten by an act of will.
2. 1.2rare A person who behaves in a morally commendable way.
  德行高尚者
  Example sentencesExamples
  ‘She was a moralist and puritan who would consider the topic of sex a taboo,’ he said.
  You also might know that he was a defender of orthodoxy in a turbulent time and a stern moralist.
  It's such a fascinating world and as soon as people can stop thinking of the Victorians as stuffy moralists then they can see that they were very sensual and rich.
  He is the moralist for whom, in the religious life, morality counts as everything.

单词	moralist
释义	Definition of moralist in English: moralist noun ˈmɒr(ə)lɪstˈmɔrələst 1A person who teaches or promotes morality. 德育家，道德家 Example sentencesExamples For a moralist teaches us the anatomy of virtue and vice, helping us to see and understand what is at stake in particular judgments and practices. He was a moralist deeply suspicious of how moralism is used. The most famous legal moralist is Patrick Devlin, who argues that a shared morality is essential to the existence of a society. Historians and moralists, for example, assess the responsibility of agents for the outcomes, political, social, economic or military of what they did or failed to do. Legal developments have also been influenced by the changing perceptions of philosophers and moralists in relation to living creatures. It has been characteristic of the French tradition of moralists that they are observers, reporting elegantly on the perennial human condition. Third, moral philosophers and moralists in the wake of eighteenth-century cosmopolitanisms have insisted that we human beings have a duty to aid fellow humans in need, regardless of their citizenship status. Approximately half the entry is on the Greek moralists Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics. Of all the Greek moralists, Aristotle provides the most psychologically insightful account of virtuous character. As poet and critic, philosopher and moralist and metaphysician, he to some extent invented those new, difficult and radical criteria by which we have learned to judge work like his own. He was not simply a writer, but in his later decades a moralist and philosopher who influenced, among others, Gandhi. Synonyms pietist, prude, prig, moral fanatic, moral zealot, killjoy, mrs grundy, grundy, old maid, schoolmarm, victorian, priggish person, ascetic 1.1 A person given to moralizing. 说教者 Example sentencesExamples You know: not all moral people are moralists, nor all moralists moralistic. Gide, being the moralist he is, otherwise pays heed only to the book's intent and not to its consequences. One problem with absolutism about honesty is that it drives the moralist into a kind of dishonesty of her own. Conservative moralists find in Freud a justification for a morality of restraint. But donning the robes of the moralist presents problems of its own, notably the problem of Presentism, that is judging historical figures by contemporary moral standards. But also the moralist forgets that morality cannot be imposed or legislated or begotten by an act of will. He makes the telling point that the language of child protection offers one of the few ways our society has to restrict corporate behavior, even as it is invoked by moralists eager to impose their own ethical code on society as a whole. 1.2rare A person who behaves in a morally commendable way. 德行高尚者 Example sentencesExamples He is the moralist for whom, in the religious life, morality counts as everything. ‘She was a moralist and puritan who would consider the topic of sex a taboo,’ he said. You also might know that he was a defender of orthodoxy in a turbulent time and a stern moralist. It's such a fascinating world and as soon as people can stop thinking of the Victorians as stuffy moralists then they can see that they were very sensual and rich. Rhymes amoralist Definition of moralist in US English: moralist nounˈmɔrələstˈmôrələst 1A person who teaches or promotes morality. 德育家，道德家 Example sentencesExamples Third, moral philosophers and moralists in the wake of eighteenth-century cosmopolitanisms have insisted that we human beings have a duty to aid fellow humans in need, regardless of their citizenship status. He was not simply a writer, but in his later decades a moralist and philosopher who influenced, among others, Gandhi. Legal developments have also been influenced by the changing perceptions of philosophers and moralists in relation to living creatures. The most famous legal moralist is Patrick Devlin, who argues that a shared morality is essential to the existence of a society. Of all the Greek moralists, Aristotle provides the most psychologically insightful account of virtuous character. Approximately half the entry is on the Greek moralists Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics. He was a moralist deeply suspicious of how moralism is used. As poet and critic, philosopher and moralist and metaphysician, he to some extent invented those new, difficult and radical criteria by which we have learned to judge work like his own. It has been characteristic of the French tradition of moralists that they are observers, reporting elegantly on the perennial human condition. Historians and moralists, for example, assess the responsibility of agents for the outcomes, political, social, economic or military of what they did or failed to do. For a moralist teaches us the anatomy of virtue and vice, helping us to see and understand what is at stake in particular judgments and practices. Synonyms pietist, prude, prig, moral fanatic, moral zealot, killjoy, mrs grundy, grundy, old maid, schoolmarm, victorian, priggish person, ascetic 1.1 A person given to moralizing. 说教者 Example sentencesExamples One problem with absolutism about honesty is that it drives the moralist into a kind of dishonesty of her own. He makes the telling point that the language of child protection offers one of the few ways our society has to restrict corporate behavior, even as it is invoked by moralists eager to impose their own ethical code on society as a whole. But donning the robes of the moralist presents problems of its own, notably the problem of Presentism, that is judging historical figures by contemporary moral standards. You know: not all moral people are moralists, nor all moralists moralistic. Gide, being the moralist he is, otherwise pays heed only to the book's intent and not to its consequences. Conservative moralists find in Freud a justification for a morality of restraint. But also the moralist forgets that morality cannot be imposed or legislated or begotten by an act of will. 1.2rare A person who behaves in a morally commendable way. 德行高尚者 Example sentencesExamples ‘She was a moralist and puritan who would consider the topic of sex a taboo,’ he said. You also might know that he was a defender of orthodoxy in a turbulent time and a stern moralist. It's such a fascinating world and as soon as people can stop thinking of the Victorians as stuffy moralists then they can see that they were very sensual and rich. He is the moralist for whom, in the religious life, morality counts as everything.
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