moralizers

noun

plural of moralizer
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as in preachers

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as in moralists

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  1. preachers
  2. moralists
  3. readers
  4. puritans
  5. lecturers
Noun
  • Videos posted on social media show street preachers speaking with multiple police officers outside the event.
    — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026
  • Instead, there are countless influencers, preachers, and personalities who have created niche movements with their own theologies and political alignments.
    — Meghan O’Gieblyn, The New York Review of Books, 11 July 2026
Definition of preachers
Noun
  • Twenty years ago, moralists tried to strong arm a Texas private school into removing Annie Proulx’s sensitive story Brokeback Mountain from its curriculum.
    — SPIN Team, SPIN, 22 June 2026
  • Christian moralists thundered against the sinful pleasures of watching naked female flesh at the Spectacles.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
Definition of moralists
Noun
  • The book series has expanded into eight novels, and Peacock has ordered a live-action adaptation that has readers excited to see the world come to life.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 27 July 2026
  • Our conversation gave me—and hopefully by extension, readers—new insight into Loch Lomond, a quiet powerhouse producing whiskies a bit unlike any others on the market.
    — David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of readers
Noun
  • However, rather than blithely dismiss the consequences of legalization with eye-rolling contempt for the puritans, supporters should confront the adverse societal effects of cannabis — the pervasive urban stench, the traffic deaths and the pernicious effects on youth.
    — Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
Definition of puritans
Noun
  • California Faculty Association represents 29,000 professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors and coaches.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
  • But lecturers increasingly used images to bring new groups of people into science.
    — Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 16 July 2026
Definition of lecturers
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