MORALIZERS Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

moralizers

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plural of moralizer

as in preachers

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But DeFalco is drawn to the sidewalk dwellers, street preachers and parking-lot boozers who also lurk down there and help (or hinder) Ten, usually at a loud volume.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
People of faith often embraced his work, and preachers sometimes cited it in sermons.

— Courier Journal staff, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of preachers

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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

Its students arrive morally outraged, a priori puritans, while its professors are enervated and dissatisfied.

— Zain Khalid, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
During and after both wars, puritans used large-scale enslavement of Native peoples to bolster their labor force and help clear land for colonial settlement.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of puritans

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Academic titleholders at Cornell -- including professors, senior lecturers, librarians, archivists and others -- are eligible to be senators, who serve three-year terms.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
After more than a year of negotiations and a proposal from the CSU to increase salaries by 3%, the California Faculty Association — which represents about 29,000 professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors and coaches — declared impasse in July.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026

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