moralizer

noun

Definition of moralizernext
1
as in preacher

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2
as in moralist

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  1. preacher
  2. moralist
  3. puritan
  4. reader
  5. catechist
Noun
  • Unwilling to let the hate go unchallenged, May and Saint decided to kiss in front of the hate preachers and have their friend, Alie Strehl (@potatecreates on Instagram), take a photo.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The phone rings, the subway busker hollers, the preacher sermonizes, the garbage truck backs up, the microwave announces that dinner is hot — and every one of those ordinary acoustic events, boosted by digital technology, clamors for our attention, mostly with little success.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of preacher
Noun
  • Satirists are famously also moralists, and Houellebecq is no exception.
    Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Lewis is, in other words, a moralist who has dedicated his career to an exploration of pragmatism.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2023
Definition of moralist
Noun
  • Centuries after being burned at the stake, a witch named Jennifer (Veronica Lake) magically reappears and tries to torment the descendant of the puritan who led the charge against her — only to fall in love with him.
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Naysayers and scene puritans are too late to tear down Turnstile; the Baltimore band heard it all before its third album even dropped anyway.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of puritan
Noun
  • Made by History takes readers beyond the headlines with articles written and edited by professional historians.
    Allison Mashell Mitchell / Made by History, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
  • In this engaging book, a professor of South Asian history invites readers to take a walk with him through Lahore, the city of his birth.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of reader
Noun
  • But Philip Siphong Onphitak, the village religious teacher, or catechist, assumed leadership of his flock, keeping up resistance until Dec. 16, when he was murdered in the jungle, reportedly by Boonlue.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Lacchin was quietly transferred to a nearby mission; his driver and a catechist at Archer’s Post, Benjamin Ekwam, was chosen to marry Sabina.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2019
Definition of catechist
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