Moral Majority

American  

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.

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moral majority British  

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• Moral Majoritarian noun

Etymology

Origin of moral majority

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

Example Sentences

I grew up in a Moral Majority church and school in the 1970s and 80s.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2023

In 1979, the Rev. Jerry Falwell founded the Moral Majority, which rallied once-apolitical fundamentalist and evangelical Christians into an electoral force.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2023

He was also a board member of the Moral Majority, the right-wing religious organization, and a close friend of its founder, the Rev. Jerry Falwell.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2023

A lawyer and Baptist minister who previously worked as the Washington state director of Jerry Falwell’s Moral Majority, Farris became a celebrity in the evangelical world through his advocacy of home-schooling.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2022

Many of the group’s strategies were soon embraced by the Moral Majority.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014