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Meanings of moralist in английском

Someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms.

Philosopher or theologian who works in moralism or morality.

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Usage of moralist in английском
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This exactly confirms the judicious observation of the excellent moralist and poet:
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 05 / ...
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This question, too, the church, the state and the moralist must answer.
Woman and the New Race
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He is spiritually hard, hates the sap-head, the agitator, the simple-hearted moralist.
Children of the Market Place
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The letters also reveal that he has always been a covert moralist.
The Irish Times
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So said Prosper galloping to Prosper on his feet, the late moralist.
The Forest Lovers
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But why do I address myself like this to the average moralist?
Memoirs of My Dead Life
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But Smith was, until the end of his life, an 18th-century moralist.
The Guardian
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She is a moralist, but not, as you imply, a narrow one.
Roderick Hudson
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Added to the punctilio of the martinet was the rigor of the moralist.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 / A Magazine...
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He was a moralist in the same sense in which nature is one.
Characters of Shakespeare's Plays
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The disparities of fortune and the signs of depravity will impress the moralist.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 110, December, 1866 / A Mag...
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There must be the moralist in the satirist if satire is to strike.
Miscellaneous Prose
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The Christian works from the center, the moralist from the circumference.
Natural Law in the Spiritual World
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The whole difference between the Christian and the moralist lies here.
Natural Law in the Spiritual World
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To the insular cynic and the insular moralist they offer an equal opportunity.
Howards End
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But Mr. Graham has little of the prophet or the moralist about him.
Old and New Masters
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