Victorian
adjective
of or relating to Queen Victoria or the period of her reign.
post-Victorian
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a word derived from
Victorian.
Example Sentences
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It was a movement of skepticism directed toward the post-Victorian middle class, an overhaul of the entire legacy of comfort, security, paranoia, rigidity, and hierarchy.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
She challenged the idea that the poor and working class were more liberal than the rich and warned against the post-Victorian Bloomsbury circle of Virginia Woolf, E.M.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2019
In our post-Victorian era, it is not always necessary to cover your ankles – but fashion’s ongoing love-in with sports shoes means socks are still essential if you don’t want an unpleasant waft.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 21, 2019
In the post-Victorian age, flamboyant funerals fell out of favour and with them, ornate tombs.
From BBC ● May 6, 2017
"The Heart of Darkness" he had never heard of before nor "The Madonna of the Future"—no doubt if they were indeed stories, they were by post-Victorian authors.
From The Sleeper Awakes A Revised Edition of When the Sleeper Wakes by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
