He is described as a moralist.
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Moralist
Synonyms for "moralist" (29 found)
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Noun(6 words)
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Noun(14 words)
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He liked food and wine and conversation. He was a moralist, but not a solemn or humorless man in the least.
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What must the old man have felt as, in ghastly terrifying solitude, by the light of one lamp feebly illuminating a little space of gloom, he in a few brief lines daubed the history of his nation's death upon the cavern wall? What a subject for the moralist, or the painter, or indeed for any one who can think!
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