Associations to the word «Moralist»

Wiktionary

MORALIST, noun. (pejorative) One who drives all decisions on perceived morals, especially one who enforces them with censorship.
MORALIST, noun. (obsolete) A teacher of morals.

Dictionary definition

MORALIST, noun. A philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems.
MORALIST, noun. Someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King