Victorianism

[ vik-tawr-ee-uh-niz-uhm, -tohr- ]

noun

1. the distinctive character, thought, tendencies, etc., of the Victorian period.
2. an instance or example of such thought, tendencies, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Victorianism¹

First recorded in 1900–05; Victorian + -ism

Example Sentences

The remnants of early Victorianism cling persistently to Engels.

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To them the restrictions of Victorianism would be as intolerable as its pleasures would be insipid.

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He cleared the air of Continental politics in the years of late Victorianism.

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Still further to qualify the Victorianism which he was heir to, Borrow took over something from the insinuating Sterne.

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Like Rhoda, no doubt, they felt her reality through her mid-Victorianism.

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