Moral Majority

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noun

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.

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OTHER WORDS FROM Moral Majority

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

Words nearby Moral Majority

moralist, morality, morality play, moralize, morally, Moral Majority, moral philosophy, Moral Re-Armament, moral sense, moral support, moral theology

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How to use Moral Majority in a sentence

The story of fluoridation reads like a postmodern fable, and the moral is clear: a scientific discovery might seem like a boon.
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
I think a large majority of our fans are [other] nationalities.
‘Black Dynamite’ Presents Police Brutality: The Musical|Stereo Williams|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
House rules require an absolute majority of members voting to choose a speaker.
Kamikaze Congress Prepares to Strike Boehner|Ben Jacobs|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Again, I do not know House Majority Whip Scalise or President Obama personally.
Reverend Jeremiah Wright Was Worse Than Scalise|Ron Christie|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST

This is a state, after all, where Duke, in his statewide race for governor in 1991, received a majority of the white vote.
Steve Scalise and the Right’s Ridiculous Racial Blame Game|Michael Tomasky|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Everything is topsy-turvy in Europe according to our moral ideas, and they don't have what we call "men" over here.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
Ever since his majority Lord Hetton had annually entered a colt in the great race.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Such mutual distrust necessarily creates or accompanies a lack of moral courage.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
And so these features take on a kind of moral rightness before they are judged of as pleasing to the eye and as beautiful.
Children's Ways|James Sully
Once he permitted himself a digression, that he might point a moral for the benefit of his servant.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini

British Dictionary definitions for Moral Majority

moral majority

noun

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

Word Origin for moral majority

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

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