Definition for moral majority - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

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	moral majority (moral ma¦jor\|ity) noun [treated as plural] the majority of people, regarded as favouring firm moral standards: smokers are often made to feel like social outcasts by the moral majority Origin: 1970s: originally as Moral Majority, the name of a right-wing movement in the US		More words in this category bourgeois comprador dissident European Convention on Human Rights executive insurgent limited nationalism oppositionist parens patriae public sector Red Brigades Secretary of State Social Democratic and Labour Party stratocracy sunset provision underground unilateral White House Nearby Words mor Moradabad moraine moral moral certainty moral compass moral fibre moral hazard moral law moral majority moral panic moral philosophy moral pressure Moral Rearmament moral rights moral science moral sense moral support moral victory