From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmoralistmor‧al‧ist /ˈmɒrəlɪst $ˈmɔː-/ noun [countable]1GOOD/MORALsomeone who has very strongbeliefs about what is right andwrong and how people shouldbehave – used to showdisapprovala narrow-minded moralist2GOOD/MORALateacher ofmoralprinciplesExamples from the Corpusmoralist•Morals play an important part in bothnovels and thereadernotices that Jane Austen is actually amoralist.•Muscular Christians andmiddle-classmoralists in aprivatecapacity certainlyboosted the cause or games.•To havemoralistsuncovered ashypocrites is not withoutprecedent.•On the other hand,bridalpregnancy was widelytolerated despite the exhortations of theprofessionalmoralists.•But Anderson is nosimplemoralist.•The question that has to be asked is this: Whochecks the moral credentials of themoralists?
