|noun|
1.A person given to moralizing.
‘But also the _moralist_ forgets that morality cannot be imposed or legislated or begotten by an act of will.’
‘One problem with absolutism about honesty is that it drives the _moralist_ into a kind of dishonesty of her own.’
2.A person who behaves in a morally commendable way.
‘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.’
3.A person who teaches or promotes morality.
‘He was not simply a writer, but in his later decades a _moralist_ and philosopher who influenced, among others, Gandhi.’
‘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.’
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‘But also the _moralist_ forgets that morality cannot be imposed or legislated or begotten by an act of will.’
