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Moral Majority

Moral Majority proper noun: a faction of the US Republican Party whose policies include conservatism on social and personal matters, infusing religion into the American political process.

Proper noun

the Moral Majority

  1. (US) A faction of the US Republican Party whose policies include conservatism on social and personal matters, infusing religion into the American political process.

Antonyms of Moral Majority

Origin of Moral Majority

Coined by conservative activist Paul Weyrich in 1979 and later popularized by televangelist Jerry Falwell.

Questions about Moral Majority

What does Moral Majority mean?
Moral Majority means a faction of the US Republican Party whose policies include conservatism on social and personal matters, infusing religion into the American political process.
What part of speech is Moral Majority?
Moral Majority is a proper noun.

Words near Moral Majority in the dictionary

  1. moral injury
  2. moral low ground
  3. moral low grounds
  4. Moral Majoritarian
  5. Moral Majoritarians
  6. Moral Majority
  7. moral minima
  8. moral minimum
  9. moral minimums
  10. moral nihilism
  11. moral objectivism

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