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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.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Victorianism1

First recorded in 1900–05; Victorian + -ism
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Example Sentences

The book examines the cultural forces that shaped the Dreamhouses over the decades, including Queen Anne Victorianism, midcentury modernism and back-to-the-land granola-ism.

So the Midwest, Lauck writes, developed “a tempered Victorianism adjusted to frontier conditions and American pragmatism.”

Hallett credits her with awakening female erotic consciousness, after the long sleep of Victorianism, while acknowledging her squeamishness toward Jewish studio executives and exoticizing of “darker” ethnicities in her work.

Behind the mask of sexual Victorianism, racial striving, up-by-the-bootstrap faith, hard work and service, Tuskegee was, in his eyes, a den of corruption.

“It’s super important to learn to distinguish between Victorianism and Biblical Christianity,” she said.

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