Victorianism

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Victorian +‎ -ism

Noun[edit]

Victorianism (countable and uncountable, plural Victorianisms)

  1. The behaviour or beliefs of the Victorians, especially prudery.
    • 1997 January 9, Morton Kondracke, “TV won't slow 'slouch to Gomorrah'”, in The Greenwood Index-Journal:
      It is simply the imposition of more Victorianism into community standards.
  2. An expression or idiom characteristic of Victorian times.