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  1. 1. n. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. 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. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. a philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems Source: wordnet
  4. 4. n. someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 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. 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. The love (in the moralist of virtue, but in the Christian) of God himself. Hammond. Source: webster
  6. 6. n:100 n. a philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems Source: ecdict

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