Found 2 items, similar to moralist.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: moralist moralist n 1: a philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems 2: someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms [syn: martinet, disciplinarian]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Moralist Moralist \Mor"al*ist\, n. [Cf. F. moraliste.] 1. One who moralizes; one who teaches or animadverts upon the duties of life; a writer of essays intended to correct vice and inculcate moral duties. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. One who practices moral duties; a person who lives in conformity with moral rules; one of correct deportment and dealings with his fellow-creatures; -- sometimes used in contradistinction to one whose life is controlled by religious motives. [1913 Webster] The love (in the moralist of virtue, but in the Christian) of God himself. --Hammond. [1913 Webster]