moralist
C7625
concept
A moralist is a person who is chiefly concerned with defining, promoting, and enforcing standards of right and wrong behavior in individuals or society.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| moralist canonical | 19 |
| moral guide | 4 |
| moral reformer | 1 |
| morality police | 1 |
| moralizing character | 1 |
| moralizing figure | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: moralist
Generated description
A moralist is a person who is chiefly concerned with defining, promoting, and enforcing standards of right and wrong behavior in individuals or society.
Instances (27)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Sebastian J. Cricket | moral guide |
| Saadi | — |
| Lord Acton | — |
| Cato the Elder | — |
| Madame de Menon | moral guide |
| Martha More | — |
| Pierre Nicole | — |
| Zbigniew Herbert | — |
| Samuel Johnson | — |
| Mushrif al-Din Saadi | — |
| Caroline Fry | — |
| Chafetz Chaim | — |
| Fénelon | — |
| Timothy Arthur | — |
| T. S. Arthur | — |
| Hester Chapone | — |
| Plutarch | — |
| Valerius Maximus | — |
| Good Angel | moralizing figure |
| John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton | — |
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Conscience (Piers Plowman)
linked to:
Conscience
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moral guide |
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Guidance Patrol
linked to:
morality police (Guidance Patrol)
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morality police |
| The Talking Cricket | moralizing character |
| Martin Farquhar Tupper | — |
| Bernardine of Siena | moral reformer |
| Catherine Talbot | — |
| Reverend Arthur Villars | moral guide |