Moral Majority


noun
  1. a political action group formed mainly of Protestant fundamentalists to further strict conservative aims, as strong antiabortion laws, the restoration of school prayer, the teaching of creationism in public schools, and the curbing of books and television programs considered antireligious or immoral.

Other words from Moral Majority

  • Mo·ral Ma·jor·i·tar·i·an, noun, adjective

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moral majority

noun
  1. a presumed majority of people believed to be in favour of a stricter code of public morals

Origin of moral majority

1
C20: after Moral Majority, a right-wing US religious organization, based on silent majority

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